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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"}]},{"title":"Pioneering scholar honoured for enduring impact","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/samina-take-255-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/pioneering-scholar-honoured-for-enduring-impact","publisheddate":"2025-10-22","summary":"
Emerita Professor Samina Yasmeen AM has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to The University of Western Australia.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"International relations"}]},{"title":"World-leading researchers in the running for Premier's Science Awards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/premiers-science-awards-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/world-leading-researchers-in-the-running-for-premiers-science-awards","publisheddate":"2025-10-22","summary":"
Globally influential researchers in marine sciences, plant genomics and astronomy are among 16 researchers affiliated with The University of Western Australia to be named finalists in this year’s Premier’s Science Awards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"Have your say on the iconic Boorloo Bridge","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/boorloo-bridge-card2.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/have-your-say-on-the-iconic-boorloo-bridge","publisheddate":"2025-10-21","summary":"
Researchers from The University of Western Australia are urging users of the iconic new Boorloo Bridge to share their experiences as part of a series of surveys exploring how the bridge is transforming life for Perth residents and businesses.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Geography and Planning"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Research finds changes needed to ensure post and boast laws are effective","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/post-and-boast-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/research-finds-changes-needed-to-ensure-post-and-boast-laws-are-effective","publisheddate":"2025-10-02","summary":"
Laws should be modified so social media platforms are required to proactively prevent posts boasting about criminal offences and police are given the power to send notices to remove the harmful content, according to an expert from The University of Western Australia.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Cyber security"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}