Before being confronted with the reality of a disaster, police and emergency services need to be prepared as well as they can be under realistic conditions, an important role for the University of Technology Sydney’s Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research, or AFTER.

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Battery and energy storage pioneer Distinguished Professor Guoxiu Wang has been elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

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A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South Australian beaches.

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Marine scientists are calling for beachgoers who find weedy seadragons washed up on the shore to photograph them and send details to researchers at UTS.

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“Hi Mum,” the text message reads. “My phone doesn’t work so I’m using a spare. I’m stressed out because of a bill due tomorrow. Please text me on this new number.”

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A series of ads from Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots party provoked widespread public backlash when they were run in several newspapers a fortnight ago.

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The Australian Electoral Commission has dismissed Victorian Senator Jane Hume’s complaint that a local news startup is a “highly sophisticated digital disinformation campaign” designed to influence the next federal election. 

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President Trump continues to attack news media – with respected news organisations booted from the Pentagon and the White House media Corp whilst media sympathetic to the new President have been invited in, to silence the din of criticism.

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 Australia has made global headlines again for its leading role in addressing online safety for minors. TIME magazine's recent cover story commends Anthony Albanese’s proactive stance on digital safety and discusses the broader challenges of implementing the under-16s social media ban.

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