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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · 6d

New AQ: From the Brain to Wellbeing - Where are we flowing?

Flow states are restorative for our brains - a counterpoint to our problem-solving brains. But what happens as a society when we never let our brains rest and how to enable everyone the chance to have wellbeing?

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · 8d

New AQ: From Circular to Ecological Economy.

A circular economy is critical to meeting our sustainability goals, but it doesn't go far enough. Resource reuse doesn't take into account whether usage actually adds value to society.

AQ only $28 a year: aq.magazine.com.au

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · 9d

The #NatureFestivalSA is underway and everyone is talking 'Flow'. You can get the collaborative Special Edition now featuring authors from across the country, reflecting on how the concept of flow intersects with our lives on a daily basis...

Edition preview: aips.org.au/aq-magazine/... #auspol

aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · 13d

The #NatureFestivalSA, kicks off tonight! AQ has partnered with them to produce a Special Edition of interest to all Australians - how the movement of resources, water, and social connection dictates so much of our economy and society.

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Homepage : Australian Quarterly - Official Subscription Website

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · 13d

The Australian Academy @science.org.au, has just released the country's first national effort to systematically assess Australia’s science capability against its future needs - The 'Australian Science, Australia’s Future: Science 2035' report.

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Australian Science, Australia’s Future: Science 2035

There has never been a national effort to systematically assess Australia’s science capability against its future needs – until now. The Australian Academy of Science has launched one of the most

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · 14d

In the upcoming Special Edition with @NatureFestivalSA, Tiahni Adamson explores Flow as a pathway home and that connection to country is the guiding hand from which which everything else comes.

Subscribe to AQ for only $28 a year and get your hands on it now! aq.magazine.com.au

Homepage : Australian Quarterly - Official Subscription Website

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · 14d

For 60,000+ years, Aboriginal cultures have been in Australia - plenty of time to get to know the rhythms of this wide, brown land. So what does the concept of 'flow' mean, and what insights might First Nations' perspectives be able to give to us?

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · 17d

Get excited! AQ is announcing its collaboration with the upcoming #NatureFestivalSA. We go deep on the theme of 'Flow', from the psychological, to the creative, to the environmental.

Preview: aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...

And subscribe for a 1-year AQ subscription for only $28! aq.magazine.com.au

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David Ritter @david-ritter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Labor saved the Great Barrier Reef once under the leadership of Gough Whitlam. They can continue this legacy by taking genuine climate action to curb global heating, and saying no to Woodside’s plans to drill for gas at Scott Reef.

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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time

In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Aug 20

Free Article! Thanks to @david-ritter.bsky.social from @greenpeaceap.bsky.social - very happy to share this important article with the world.

Read it in full for free - then grab a subscription to AQ for only $28 a year, delivered to your door.

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David Ritter @david-ritter.bsky.social · Aug 20

The article on SLAPP suits I penned for Australian Quarterly, looking at the growing trend of legal bullying by corporations and calling for strong anti-SLAPP laws in Australia, is now available in full on the Greenpeace website, republished with permission.

www.greenpeace.org.au/article/time...

Time for Australia to SLAPP back - Greenpeace Australia Pacific

The Australian Quarterly invited David Ritter, CEO, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, to write about the growing use of lawfare by vested corporate interests for their July 2025 edition.

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Fabulous to be at the SA #Scienceweek awards, including @AIPS_Science Tall Poppy Awards, Unsung Heroes & Citizen Science!

@inspiringaus @Aus_ScienceWeek

aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 29

#Climatechange & #youthmentalhealth are increasingly intertwined. Now @curtinuniversity.bsky.social is working with @climatecares.bsky.social for Oz's largest ever youth survey on mental health & climate change.

If you're 18-30 then you can complete the survey here: www.ecomind.au/survey

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 28

We can effectively eradicate #HIV infection in Australia - and it's not that far away. But what needs to happen to achieve this amazing milestone! @DrJasonOng walks us through what is next in vanquishing the spectre of HIV.

Only in the new AQ - aq.magazine.com.au

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 25

Your Weekend FREE READ: State of the Nation with Prof Kerrie Wilson.

Connecting science to community and engaging citizens in the scientific process, is critical to building trust and inoculating our society against manipulation.

Read now: www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 24

Time for Australia to #SLAPP back. There is a growing trend of cashed-up polluters using the courts to try and silence protest, making Australia more litigious & further weakening civil society.

@david-ritter.bsky.social @greenpeaceap.bsky.social in the new AQ

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 22

At 16, when a young person wants their licence there are systems in place - supervision, study, practice, road rules. Yet the #socialmediaban does not do the same. They still enter an unregulated, un-policed space. More must be done to fix the problem, not just delay the harm...

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 21

Out Now: Youth Crime in Australia: Rhetoric vs Reality. From sensationalist media reports to political rhetoric, youth crime has become a lighting rod in Australia. These discussions, however, often obscure the evidence – youth crime is on the decline

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 7

FREE ARTICLE: Empowering the Collective: The Fight Against Mis/Disinformation. In collab with the the QLD Chief Scientist we are releasing the full text of Prof Kerrie Wilson's article.

So get a sneak peek of the new AQ - Out now!

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 4

The government has committed to ending HIV transmission in #Australia. But what does this actually mean? To get there we'll have to be ambitious and inclusive. @drjasonjong.bsky.social

Read all about in the new AQ - Out now! Only $28 for a year's print subscription

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 2

New AQ out now, feat: Prof Kerrie Wilson, QLD Chief Scientist discussing the risks of mis/disinformation, connecting science to community & engaging citizens in the scientific process.

Edition preview: aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...

Subscribe for only $28 a year! aq.magazine.com.au

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AQ: Australian Quarterly 96.2 - July-Sept 2025 - AIPS

What's in the new AQ? Check out the preview now and read on the debates less heard.

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Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · Jul 1

Stunning talk by @crsugimoto.bsky.social opening day 2 of #Metascience2025 including an explicit acknowledgement of how the language of metascience is being co-opted and weaponised by US science policy

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jul 1

Out today in AQ, featuring: The topic of youth crime frequently dominates public discourse. From sensationalist media reports to political rhetoric, the issue has become a lightning rod for fear and anxiety, yet youth crime is actually on the decline....

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jun 29

In the new AQ, @David_Ritter from @GreenpeaceAP: There's a growing trend of cashed-up corporations using the courts to silence lawful opposition using SLAPP suits. This malignant exercise of power is weakening civil society and discouraging scrutiny

Only in AQ: aq.magazine.com.au/our

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jun 26

In the new AQ: When a 16yo wants to drive a car, we don’t just hand them the keys. There are systems requiring supervision, study, practice, standards, road rules. The social media ban requires similar systems thinking.

$28 a year: aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...

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Individual Subscriptions - AIPS

In an age of alternative facts, AQ prioritises evidence-informed debate of the issues that will shape our country and the world.

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aqjournal.bsky.social @aqjournal.bsky.social · Jun 25

Sneak Peek of the upcoming July AQ - aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...

Featuring Big Business' increasing use of #SLAPP suits on civil society; explaining why the rhetoric of youth crime doesn't match the reality, ending HIV in Australia and more!

Get it in your hands for only $28 a year! #auspol

AQ: Australian Quarterly 96.2 - July-Sept 2025 - AIPS

What's in the new AQ? Check out the preview now and read on the debates less heard.

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