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Red Dust Entry Four: Kicking Up Dust

“This is how we do it,” Aunty Nandy would tell me, teaching me to make island scones or cook enough rice and yam for a horde of hungry dancers.

19 March 2014
by Jess Saxton in Blogs, Indigenous, Journalism, Multicultural, Music, Blogs, Red Dust, Rural / 15 Comments

Red Dust Entry Three: Sticky Fingers

It’s amazing, the confidence of these children to physically communicate with absolute strangers.

04 March 2014
by Jess Saxton in Community, Indigenous, Journalism, Blogs, Red Dust, Rural / 7 Comments

Red Dust Entry One: Wet Season

In Queensland, it seems the further north you go, the slower things become. The people run on what we call ‘island time’.

18 February 2014
by Jess Saxton in Blogs, Community, Home Featured, Indigenous, Blogs, Red Dust, Rural / No Comments

Queensland Plan summit wrap-up

Community spirit, education, innovation, productivity and regionalisation are among the top priorities to come out of a workshop of the Queensland Plan.

14 October 2013
by Harry Nolan-Holmes in Community, Education, Employment, News, Politics, Rural / No Comments

Found but teetering and still enigmatic

After an absence as a confirmed living presence for at least 101 years, the Night Parrot has granted us a sighting.

12 July 2013
by minh mcCloy in Indigenous, Nature, Rural, Science, Technology / 3 Comments

GMO?…OMG!

A food fight has erupted on a global scale as growing collective action against agricultural giant Monsanto has attracted worldwide attention through social media.

28 May 2013
by Damian West in Agriculture, Big business, Editor's pick, Environment, Events, Health, Nature, News, Politics, Rural, Technology / 1 Comment

Enigmatic and on the edge

It has never been photographed; it’s listed by the Smithsonian Institution as one of the five most mysterious birds in the world; it is as Rob Nugent says, “a spectre”.

06 May 2013
by minh mcCloy in Editor's pick, Environment, Human interest, Nature, Religion and faith, Rural, Science / 1 Comment

Ecotourism in national parks

The Queensland Government wants to encourage ecotourism businesses to use national park land to grow their businesses. But will it work and should it go ahead?

08 February 2013
by Steven Riggall in Audio stories, Environment, Nature, News, Partner Stories, Politics, Rural, Tourism / No Comments
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CitizenJ is a pioneering new-media journalism project aimed at giving everyday people the platform to tell their stories and equipping citizen journalists with the credibility to make sure these stories are told well.

The program also aims to recognise libraries as a key part in the information services industry and to explore their potential for generating, supporting and preserving commentary on issues of significance to society.

The program is broadly grouped into three streams; a newsroom, an experimentation fund and a public program.

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