{"results":[{"title":"Cultural safety isn't just a buzzword - it's a vital part of First Nations health care and healing","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_culturally-safe-healthcare_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/cultural-safety-isnt-just-a-buzzword","publisheddate":"2026-07-07","summary":"
First Nations people in Australia have worse health and a lower life expectancy than other Australians. An important part of the picture is how people experience the health system, especially whether care is culturally safe.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"How two ancient rivers gave birth to the Euphrates","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/ancient-rivers_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/how-two-ancient-rivers-gave-birth-to-the-euphrates","publisheddate":"2026-06-03","summary":"
Geoscientists have shed light on the enduring mystery of how the modern Euphrates River – central to the origins of human civilisation – came to exist.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Geography and Planning"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"ARC grants for clean energy, truth-telling and eye health projects","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/arc-grants_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/arc-grants-for-clean-energy-truth-telling-and-eye-health-projects","publisheddate":"2026-05-25","summary":"
Researchers working with industry and community partners have received Federal Government funding to advance projects exploring clean energy solutions, truth-telling and the biophysics behind vision problems.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Domesticated dingo buried by Barkindji people 1,000 years ago","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/dingo-bones-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/domesticated-dingo-buried-by-barkindji-people-1000-years-ago","publisheddate":"2026-05-19","summary":"
The skeleton of a millennium-old dingo that was tamed by Barkindji ancestors has been uncovered in a midden on the Baaka (Darling River) in New South Wales.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Landmark partnership to restore country and build career pathways","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/nature-academy_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/landmark-partnership-to-restore-country-and-build-career-pathways","publisheddate":"2026-03-16","summary":"
A landmark partnership between Winjan Aboriginal Corporation and The University of Western Australia will blend Noongar ecological knowledge with world-class science to restore 924 hectares of degraded farmland at Keralup, near Mandurah.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Women key to shaping Australia's philanthropic future","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/women-giving-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/women-key-to-shaping-australias-philanthropic-future","publisheddate":"2026-02-25","summary":"
A new report has positioned women as a central economic and social force shaping how generosity is practised, sustained and grown across Australian society.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Cultural knowledge reveals hidden decline of iconic northern quoll","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/northern-quolls-card-2.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/cultural-knowledge-reveals-hidden-decline-of-iconic-northern-quoll","publisheddate":"2026-01-29","summary":"
Cultural knowledge handed down across generations of Martu people in WA’s Western Desert region has revealed the previously hidden decline of one of Australia’s most iconic marsupials – the endangered northern quoll.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"How water and clay shape archaeological record at Murujuga","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/clay-dig-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/how-water-and-clay-shape-archaelogical-record-at-murujuga","publisheddate":"2025-12-15","summary":"
New research has shown that water movement in clay-rich soils can lift stone artefacts toward the surface – exerting a natural influence on how archaeological materials are distributed across the surface of some landscapes.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"CWSS"}]},{"title":"How we created new Noongar song and dance for kworlak – the bull sharks of Perth","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/bull-shark-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/how-we-created-new-noongar-song-and-dance-for-kworlak","publisheddate":"2025-12-05","summary":"
In 2021, a project began to create new Noongar songs and dances in response to boodjar (Country) and its inhabitants including a song and dance for the potentially dangerous bull shark, or kworlak.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Conservatorium of Music"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Students dig in for historical excavation and survey","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/greenough-dig-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/students-dig-in-for-historical-excavation-and-survey","publisheddate":"2025-10-28","summary":"
Archaeology students at The University of Western Australia have gained professional experience through excavation work at a historic settlement in central Greenough, south of Geraldton in Western Australia.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}