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New trial hopes to reduce dementia in the Torres Strait

• Electrifying results in ACL recovery research
• Community broadcasters critical in times of disaster as floodwaters rise in FNQ
• Turtle Talk: Saving the Endangered Bell’s Turtle

Governments not willing to fix the justice system: Commissioner

• Breakthrough cell discovery could revolutionise treatment for chronic illnesses
• Changes in system for better outcomes on Indigenous students
• Over 1 million workers at risk as penalty rate cuts

Deepseek Banned

• Grand Tour (review)
• Behind the bars of Australia’s expanding prison system
• Band-Aid solution – Coalition’s tax-free lunch

If prisons don’t boost community safety, why is Australia building more?

• A decade after sunbed ban, collagen beds rise in Australia
• Digital divide in students improving, but more is needed
• A Digital Duty of Care

Politics resume at Parliament House for 2025

• Javier Milei’s government to repeal femicide crime laws
• NSW music festivals quitting due to Police and Medical costs
• Canteen roundtable will discuss the future of the tuckshop

The Wire Weekly 8 February 2025