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Thursday 11 June 2026
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UOW expert commentary (11 - 14 October)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
In the new A League Of Their Own series, tensions between femininity and queerness are explored in women’s sports
The TV series, set in 1943, shows us people will always find ways to be true to their authentic selves
UOW experts available for comment this week (27 September - 1 October)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
Backcountry visitors are leaving poo piles in the Australian Alps – and it’s a problem
When you think of backcountry snow adventures, you think of pristine wilderness. But there’s a problem: what to do with your poo.
We helped fill a major climate change knowledge gap, thanks to 130,000-year-old sediment in Sydney lakes
Our new research investigated how erosion transports carbon to the bottom of lakes, where it’ll never be released into the atmosphere.
Pedalling for change
For bikes to get more gravity in the Australian transport network, we need to reposition the car as a well-behaved co-host of the road rather than its rightful owner