JCU seeks Sage Athena Swan accreditation

JCU seeks Sage Athena Swan accreditation

Gender equity is an important issue for everyone, men and women, across all areas of the University. More »

Oak Valley Community and Wildlife Carers band together to protect wallabies

Oak Valley Community and Wildlife Carers band together to protect wallabies

Local residents and wildlife carers in Oak Valley are on the look out for a group of men who have been deliberately running over wallabies More »

JCU Car Park Complaints: Make it Formal!

JCU Car Park Complaints: Make it Formal!

James Cook University (JCU) officials are saying students need to make formal complaints about the lack of on-campus parking before something can be done about More »

Ron McBurnie:  Etcher, Drawer, Printmaker

Ron McBurnie: Etcher, Drawer, Printmaker

by Patch Clapp   Ron McBurnie is one of Townsville’s pioneer printmakers. He also etches and draws, and is one of the artists featured in More »

Monthly Archives: June 2016

Palaszczuk invests $5.8 mil in croc count

An estuarine or “saltwater” crocodile. Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons

The Palaszczuk Government has pledged $5.8 million dollars to conduct the biggest comprehensive crocodile monitoring program in state history.

Townsville Gaming Café brings competitive scene to North Queensland

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With holidays rapidly approaching everyone is looking for easy ways to keep entertained in their downtime. Jayde Baguley

JCU students join race against extinction

A projection of a breaching humpback whale on the side of the Empire State Building, as shown in Racing Extinction. Credit: Oceanic Preservation Society

Half of the Earth’s oxygen is produced by phytoplankton, and rising acidity in our oceans means our phytoplankton levels are dropping.

More Comic-Film Adaptions in 2016

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With so much success from other past comic book turned film adaptions, it’s not surprising that more are coming to movie theatres this year.

Review: Alice Through the Looking Glass

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Alice Through the Looking Glass is the sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 movie Alice in Wonderland, and it’s worth a watch for fans of the first film.

Pressure on the Blues to save 2016 Series

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Following their 6-4 defeat in Sydney, the NSW Blues will travel to the home of State of Origin, Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, to try and keep the 2016 series alive.