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ABC News
7 days ago
- Health
- ABC News
Self-medicating species: Animals that say yes to drugs
It turns out self-medicating and herbal remedies are not exclusive to humans. From cats eating grass, to elephants making medicinal tea in their throat pouch — the animal world has its own prescriptions. And naturally, there's plenty of digging through poo involved in this scientific research! Featuring: Dr Kevin Feeney, Central Washington University. Dr Kevin Feeney, Central Washington University. Professor Michael Huffman, University of Kyoto. Professor Michael Huffman, University of Kyoto. Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison, Newcastle University UK. Production: Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer. Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer. Nick Kilvert, Presenter/ Producer. Nick Kilvert, Presenter/ Producer. Petria Ladgrove, Producer. Petria Ladgrove, Producer. Mastering: Angela Grant. This episode of What the Duck?! was first broadcast in 2022 and was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people. Stream the brand-new series Dr Ann's Secret Lives on ABC iview.
ABC News
11-07-2025
- Science
- ABC News
Old and smelly: Farts from the past
Fossils tell us a lot about the past, but are there fossilised farts? (Spoiler, YES!) Look back at great farts of history, and the story of methane. Do birds not fart? And which creature is responsible for the stinkiest? Listen to part one (Does it Fart?!) here. Featuring: Dani Rabaiotti, Author of Does it Fart? and Zoological Society of London. Dani Rabaiotti, Author of Does it Fart? and Zoological Society of London. Dr Nick Gales, Former Head of Australian Antarctic Division. Dr Nick Gales, Former Head of Australian Antarctic Division. Prof Dave Watson, Charles Sturt University. Prof Dave Watson, Charles Sturt University. Prof Jeffrey Stillwell, Adjunct Monash Uni Prof Jeffrey Stillwell, Adjunct Monash Uni Dr Adam Munn, Biologist. Production: Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer. Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer. Petria Ladgrove, Producer. Petria Ladgrove, Producer. Jo Khan, Producer. This episode of What the Duck?! was first broadcast in 2022 and was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people. Stream the brand-new series Dr Ann's Secret Lives on ABC iview.
ABC News
08-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- ABC News
Readers share their experiences on managing leave and school holidays
Do school holidays bring an added layer of stress to your life? We recently wrote about parents' experience of juggling their annual leave entitlements with the number of school holidays each year. More of you contacted us to share how you manage that juggle with additional challenges of financial pressures, not having family support, disabilities and inflexible working arrangements. Luke Stone, father of three, Playford/Kaurna, South Australia The balance of work and family "has been a massive issue", says father-of-three Luke Stone, from South Australia. "Only now, starting a YouTube channel and working from home, have I been able to get around not needing to pay the money I earn straight into child care. "[My partner and I] both work for ourselves which is how we've been able to dodge holidays being an issue, though it means leading up to the holidays we both need to work extra to make up for it. "Or one of us takes time off for the other to work." Luke believes the days of single-income families being financially possible are gone for most people. School holidays were never an issue when one parent was always home. Now that both need to work there is an issue that we as society haven't truly solved. "Yes, there are services like holiday care in place, but these can be out of reach, affordability-wise and location and numbers-wise, for many. "Working from home in some instances is a solution and that's why a lot of places are now using it as an incentive to attract the best workers. "Essentially though this all boils down to the cost of living being so much more than it was in days gone by." Tiana Mullan, mother of two, Ceduna/ Wirangu, South Australia Tiana Mullan, also from South Australia, works full-time and considers herself "lucky" that she will have one week off to spend with her boys, aged 12 and 10, during these school holidays. "I've saved leave, so I've got enough to have a week off," she says. "My husband doesn't have any leave because he had a change of employment, so he's not able to take time off. That would be unpaid, and we just can't afford that." The family live at Ceduna/Wirangu, which has a population of just under 4,000. Tiana says there are very few extracurricular activities in the remote area for her sons, who are both neurodivergent. She also doesn't have the flexibility to work from home. "It's literally torture, like, I dread the school holidays, I have for years," she says. "My special-needs child needs routine in school holidays and it ends up being the hardest time because of that lack of routine." She would like to see a change to the duration of school holidays each year. "So just changing those two-week blocks to one week and then having a four-week holiday period over Christmas instead of six, it just is such a long time to need to try and manage everyone's needs. "Lighten the school holidays just a little bit to help take that load off so that parents can keep working and providing". Amanda Brummell Lennestaal, mother of three, Sydney/Gadigal Single mother Amanda Brummell Lennestaal says she uses most of her annual leave to cover disability-related care needs for her three children. "School holidays present an extraordinary challenge as I don't have leave available to cover these," she says. "My kids are currently on a four-week school holiday break; it's usually three but they are doing some renovations at the private school they attend." The children are in the ages that Amanda refers to as "the messy middle". "They are too old for vacation care but still need a supportive presence to help them navigate their days," she says. She says the assumption that people have a wide family network to help support care is 'privileged and outdated'. "There's not this village, or these tribes that sort of get thrown around that a lot of us can rely on," she says. "Teens don't fit in the vacation-care system, my youngest can't go to vacation care [because] she's tube-fed and has other needs that make it really impossible to go." Amanda believes the cost associated with school holiday care shouldn't automatically fall on women. "We're forced into these really horrible binary decisions of roof over our head or a sustainable life where we take reasonable breaks and nurture our children during school holidays." Bec Heffernan, mother of four, Giabal,Jagera and Jarowair lands/Toowoomba, Queensland Bec Heffernan needed to get creative with her children's summer school holiday routine. "It is tricky, we have nine weeks [school holidays] over summer due to a big boarding cohort [at the school]," she says. "Our kids are day students at a private school that also has boarders, and our school has very long summer breaks from last week in November." Bec says the family used au pairs for three months at a time to help care for the children while she worked. "We have four children but usually the au pair would only have two for the majority of the day, the others might do a music program or similar, to split up the ratio," she says. "We just had one [au pair] each year for three years while three were school-aged and one was kindy-aged." She says the closure of vacation care services during part of the summer break also made it difficult.
The Advertiser
12-06-2025
- General
- The Advertiser
Vital step toward healing as ancestors returned home
The remains of 10 Indigenous Australian ancestors that were kept in Japanese institutional collections have been returned to their traditional custodians. The ceremony in Tokyo marks the first time ancestors have been repatriated to Australia from Japan. The remains of seven ancestors were returned from the University of Tokyo, including a Kaurna person from South Australia. "For many years the ancestral remains of Kaurna old people were collected by museums and universities without consent, which caused great sadness and anger, and these feelings have been carried for generations," Kaurna representative Mitzi Nam said. "The Traditional Custodians have been tirelessly working to return the Kaurna old people to Country, so they can rest, and while past wrongs cannot be forgotten, pathways to healing can start for all generations." The University of Kyoto returned two ancestors to representatives from communities in Western Australia, including the Bardi and Jawi communities and the Yawuru community. The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo returned one ancestor to Australia. Bardi and Jawi representative Bolo Angus, from WA's Dampier Peninsula said the return of ancestors is an acknowledgement of past wrongs and showing respect for First Nations cultures. "Repatriation is a vital step toward healing the deep wounds caused by the forced removal of our ancestors from their resting place," he said. "For our community, it is not just about bringing bones home - it is about restoring dignity, honouring our old people, and reconnecting spirit to Country. "This healing is not only for us, the living, but for the spirit of the ancestors who have waited so long to come home." Neil McKenzie, a Yawuru representative from Broome, said he hopes the repatriation is a step towards reconciliation. "The return of our Yawuru ancestor acknowledges the truth of Yawuru history and the treatment of our ancestors who were removed from Country without consent," he said. "We hold genuine hope that this process of truth telling will enable us to gain respectful recognition, so that we can move forward in a truly reconciled manner, leading to collective healing and empowerment." In April, 36 Queensland ancestors were repatriated from the National History Museum in London, bringing the total of repatriated ancestors from the United Kingdom to more than 1300. More than 1700 ancestors have been returned from overseas collections to Australia with the help of the federal government. Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said the government will continue to advocate for the return of ancestors to their Country and people. "The return of these ancestors to Country, the first such repatriation from Japan, reinforces the continuing shift by collecting institutions internationally to righting some of the past injustices carried out against First Nations people," she said. The remains of 10 Indigenous Australian ancestors that were kept in Japanese institutional collections have been returned to their traditional custodians. The ceremony in Tokyo marks the first time ancestors have been repatriated to Australia from Japan. The remains of seven ancestors were returned from the University of Tokyo, including a Kaurna person from South Australia. "For many years the ancestral remains of Kaurna old people were collected by museums and universities without consent, which caused great sadness and anger, and these feelings have been carried for generations," Kaurna representative Mitzi Nam said. "The Traditional Custodians have been tirelessly working to return the Kaurna old people to Country, so they can rest, and while past wrongs cannot be forgotten, pathways to healing can start for all generations." The University of Kyoto returned two ancestors to representatives from communities in Western Australia, including the Bardi and Jawi communities and the Yawuru community. The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo returned one ancestor to Australia. Bardi and Jawi representative Bolo Angus, from WA's Dampier Peninsula said the return of ancestors is an acknowledgement of past wrongs and showing respect for First Nations cultures. "Repatriation is a vital step toward healing the deep wounds caused by the forced removal of our ancestors from their resting place," he said. "For our community, it is not just about bringing bones home - it is about restoring dignity, honouring our old people, and reconnecting spirit to Country. "This healing is not only for us, the living, but for the spirit of the ancestors who have waited so long to come home." Neil McKenzie, a Yawuru representative from Broome, said he hopes the repatriation is a step towards reconciliation. "The return of our Yawuru ancestor acknowledges the truth of Yawuru history and the treatment of our ancestors who were removed from Country without consent," he said. "We hold genuine hope that this process of truth telling will enable us to gain respectful recognition, so that we can move forward in a truly reconciled manner, leading to collective healing and empowerment." In April, 36 Queensland ancestors were repatriated from the National History Museum in London, bringing the total of repatriated ancestors from the United Kingdom to more than 1300. More than 1700 ancestors have been returned from overseas collections to Australia with the help of the federal government. Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said the government will continue to advocate for the return of ancestors to their Country and people. "The return of these ancestors to Country, the first such repatriation from Japan, reinforces the continuing shift by collecting institutions internationally to righting some of the past injustices carried out against First Nations people," she said. The remains of 10 Indigenous Australian ancestors that were kept in Japanese institutional collections have been returned to their traditional custodians. The ceremony in Tokyo marks the first time ancestors have been repatriated to Australia from Japan. The remains of seven ancestors were returned from the University of Tokyo, including a Kaurna person from South Australia. "For many years the ancestral remains of Kaurna old people were collected by museums and universities without consent, which caused great sadness and anger, and these feelings have been carried for generations," Kaurna representative Mitzi Nam said. "The Traditional Custodians have been tirelessly working to return the Kaurna old people to Country, so they can rest, and while past wrongs cannot be forgotten, pathways to healing can start for all generations." The University of Kyoto returned two ancestors to representatives from communities in Western Australia, including the Bardi and Jawi communities and the Yawuru community. The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo returned one ancestor to Australia. Bardi and Jawi representative Bolo Angus, from WA's Dampier Peninsula said the return of ancestors is an acknowledgement of past wrongs and showing respect for First Nations cultures. "Repatriation is a vital step toward healing the deep wounds caused by the forced removal of our ancestors from their resting place," he said. "For our community, it is not just about bringing bones home - it is about restoring dignity, honouring our old people, and reconnecting spirit to Country. "This healing is not only for us, the living, but for the spirit of the ancestors who have waited so long to come home." Neil McKenzie, a Yawuru representative from Broome, said he hopes the repatriation is a step towards reconciliation. "The return of our Yawuru ancestor acknowledges the truth of Yawuru history and the treatment of our ancestors who were removed from Country without consent," he said. "We hold genuine hope that this process of truth telling will enable us to gain respectful recognition, so that we can move forward in a truly reconciled manner, leading to collective healing and empowerment." In April, 36 Queensland ancestors were repatriated from the National History Museum in London, bringing the total of repatriated ancestors from the United Kingdom to more than 1300. More than 1700 ancestors have been returned from overseas collections to Australia with the help of the federal government. Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said the government will continue to advocate for the return of ancestors to their Country and people. "The return of these ancestors to Country, the first such repatriation from Japan, reinforces the continuing shift by collecting institutions internationally to righting some of the past injustices carried out against First Nations people," she said. The remains of 10 Indigenous Australian ancestors that were kept in Japanese institutional collections have been returned to their traditional custodians. The ceremony in Tokyo marks the first time ancestors have been repatriated to Australia from Japan. The remains of seven ancestors were returned from the University of Tokyo, including a Kaurna person from South Australia. "For many years the ancestral remains of Kaurna old people were collected by museums and universities without consent, which caused great sadness and anger, and these feelings have been carried for generations," Kaurna representative Mitzi Nam said. "The Traditional Custodians have been tirelessly working to return the Kaurna old people to Country, so they can rest, and while past wrongs cannot be forgotten, pathways to healing can start for all generations." The University of Kyoto returned two ancestors to representatives from communities in Western Australia, including the Bardi and Jawi communities and the Yawuru community. The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo returned one ancestor to Australia. Bardi and Jawi representative Bolo Angus, from WA's Dampier Peninsula said the return of ancestors is an acknowledgement of past wrongs and showing respect for First Nations cultures. "Repatriation is a vital step toward healing the deep wounds caused by the forced removal of our ancestors from their resting place," he said. "For our community, it is not just about bringing bones home - it is about restoring dignity, honouring our old people, and reconnecting spirit to Country. "This healing is not only for us, the living, but for the spirit of the ancestors who have waited so long to come home." Neil McKenzie, a Yawuru representative from Broome, said he hopes the repatriation is a step towards reconciliation. "The return of our Yawuru ancestor acknowledges the truth of Yawuru history and the treatment of our ancestors who were removed from Country without consent," he said. "We hold genuine hope that this process of truth telling will enable us to gain respectful recognition, so that we can move forward in a truly reconciled manner, leading to collective healing and empowerment." In April, 36 Queensland ancestors were repatriated from the National History Museum in London, bringing the total of repatriated ancestors from the United Kingdom to more than 1300. More than 1700 ancestors have been returned from overseas collections to Australia with the help of the federal government. Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said the government will continue to advocate for the return of ancestors to their Country and people. "The return of these ancestors to Country, the first such repatriation from Japan, reinforces the continuing shift by collecting institutions internationally to righting some of the past injustices carried out against First Nations people," she said.
West Australian
12-06-2025
- General
- West Australian
Vital step toward healing as ancestors returned home
The remains of 10 Indigenous Australian ancestors that were kept in Japanese institutional collections have been returned to their traditional custodians. The ceremony in Tokyo marks the first time ancestors have been repatriated to Australia from Japan. The remains of seven ancestors were returned from the University of Tokyo, including a Kaurna person from South Australia. "For many years the ancestral remains of Kaurna old people were collected by museums and universities without consent, which caused great sadness and anger, and these feelings have been carried for generations," Kaurna representative Mitzi Nam said. "The Traditional Custodians have been tirelessly working to return the Kaurna old people to Country, so they can rest, and while past wrongs cannot be forgotten, pathways to healing can start for all generations." The University of Kyoto returned two ancestors to representatives from communities in Western Australia, including the Bardi and Jawi communities and the Yawuru community. The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo returned one ancestor to Australia. Bardi and Jawi representative Bolo Angus, from WA's Dampier Peninsula said the return of ancestors is an acknowledgement of past wrongs and showing respect for First Nations cultures. "Repatriation is a vital step toward healing the deep wounds caused by the forced removal of our ancestors from their resting place," he said. "For our community, it is not just about bringing bones home - it is about restoring dignity, honouring our old people, and reconnecting spirit to Country. "This healing is not only for us, the living, but for the spirit of the ancestors who have waited so long to come home." Neil McKenzie, a Yawuru representative from Broome, said he hopes the repatriation is a step towards reconciliation. "The return of our Yawuru ancestor acknowledges the truth of Yawuru history and the treatment of our ancestors who were removed from Country without consent," he said. "We hold genuine hope that this process of truth telling will enable us to gain respectful recognition, so that we can move forward in a truly reconciled manner, leading to collective healing and empowerment." In April, 36 Queensland ancestors were repatriated from the National History Museum in London, bringing the total of repatriated ancestors from the United Kingdom to more than 1300. More than 1700 ancestors have been returned from overseas collections to Australia with the help of the federal government. Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said the government will continue to advocate for the return of ancestors to their Country and people. "The return of these ancestors to Country, the first such repatriation from Japan, reinforces the continuing shift by collecting institutions internationally to righting some of the past injustices carried out against First Nations people," she said.
