Edenglassie Wins 2024 Roderick Literary Award | Mirage News
23 Oct
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Edenglassie Wins 2024 Roderick Literary Award | Mirage News

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Melissa Lucashenko's mesmerising colonial Queensland epic Edenglassie has taken out the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for 2024, along with the record $50,000 prize.This year's prize, organised by the James Cook University-based Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS), had a record 235 entries but it was Lucashenko's extraordinary novel on Queensland's colonial past and a reimagined Australian future that emerged from a shortlist of exceptional quality.A delighted Lucashenko accepted the award and the accompanying H.T. Priestley Memorial Medal at a ceremony at the JCU's Bebegu Yumba Campus on Monday night, with the acclaimed First Nations writer revealing her links to the Indigenous people of North Queensland made her win even more special."I'm absolutely thrilled and honoured to receive the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award," she said."Though I hail from...
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Queen Elizabeth Memorial Panel Consults UK Experts, Youth | Mirage News
23 Oct
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Queen Elizabeth Memorial Panel Consults UK Experts, Youth | Mirage News

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Top Stories Tamfitronics These meetings, which have included roundtables and visits to locations in all four nations, have focused on various aspects of the memorialisation programme, covering both the design of the permanent memorial and broader themes for the legacy programme. Participants have included historians and academics, such as Dame Mary Beard; environmental experts such as Tony Juniper (Chair of Natural England); figures from the world of arts like Andrew Ellis (Chief Executive of Art UK); digital artists such as Doddz; and experts in heritage and the built environment such as Professor Elizabeth McKellar and Sir Charles Saumarez Smith. Dame Mary Beard shared, "It is tremendously important to create a memorial to the Queen that is appropriate, relevant and in some way makes a difference. It was fascinating and fun to be part of generating...
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Putting People First To Improve Water-risk Assessments | Mirage News

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Top Stories Tamfitronics The strategy is being developed for use by water resource management organisations, such and landscape boards and catchment management authorities, and will influence the ways growers and communities access and utilise water resources."We know from research that the Murray-Darling Basin is headed for a drier future, with rainfall projected to decrease, particularly in the south and in winter, which means more time in drought and decreased soil moisture," says project lead, Professor Holger Maier, a Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Adelaide."We have a lot of useful information on climate change but there is a disconnect between those data and the actions taken to mitigate climate risks by stakeholders in the Murray-Darling Basin, leading to an ad hoc approach to climate adaptation."This project will provide the first step towards...
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Research: Standing Desks Harmful to Health | Mirage News
23 Oct
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Research: Standing Desks Harmful to Health | Mirage News

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Top Stories Tamfitronics The global market for standing desks is booming, projected to reach US$12.6 billion by 2032 (£9.7 billion). These desks have been hailed as a simple fix for the health risks associated with sitting all day. However, recent research suggests that standing might not be the health booster many hoped for.Author Jack McNamara Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of East LondonA new study from Australia involving over 83,000 participants found that prolonged standing may not improve heart health and could even increase the risk of certain circulatory problems.Researchers discovered that standing for extended periods did not reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. In fact, spending too much time either sitting or standing was linked to a higher risk of problems such as varicose veins and feeling...
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