Post-bushfires, Australian universities must lead a smokeless debate

Academics are key to lifting public engagement with climate change and stopping the spread of nonsense passing as news, says David Lloyd

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February 4, 2020

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February 4, 2020

A demonstrator dressed as a "homeless koala" attends a climate protest rally in Sydney on December 11, 2019

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