{"results":[{"title":"Megafauna survived until 6,500 years ago on New Guinea coast","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/giant-roo-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/megafauna-survived-until-6500-years-ago-on-new-guinea-coast","publisheddate":"2026-07-10","summary":"
A bone fragment unearthed from an extinct giant kangaroo suggests the species survived until about 6,500 years ago in northern New Guinea – much more recent than previous estimates.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"RCSWA applications open","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-py-2027-card.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/rcswa-applications-open","publisheddate":"2026-06-09","summary":"
Applications for the Rural Clinical School of WA 2027 Penultimate Year Program are now open for medical students.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Emergency Medicine"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Psychiatry"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"$6.8 million boost to expand world-first preterm birth prevention program","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/preterm-birth-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/6-million-boost-to-expand-world-first-preterm-birth-prevention-program","publisheddate":"2026-05-29","summary":"
The Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance and its partner organisation Women’s Healthcare Australasia have welcomed a $6.8 million Federal Government investment to expand Australia’s world-first national program aimed at safely reducing rates of preterm and early term birth.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Home Page"}]},{"title":"For 44 years, Australia has subsidised diesel use. Is it time to stop?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/mine-trucks-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/for-44-years-australia-has-subsidised-diesel-use-is-it-time-to-stop","publisheddate":"2026-05-27","summary":"
Mining giant BHP has come under fire for spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new diesel trucks in the Pilbara, despite promising a transition to electric trucks in its climate strategy.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"KMMS among the best","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-erica-spry--prof-catherine-chamberlain--944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/kmms-among-the-best","publisheddate":"2026-04-01","summary":"The Kimberley Mums’ Mood Scale (KMMS) project has been recognised among the ‘10 of the Best’ research projects funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).  ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"World away in Derby","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-derby-placement-944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/world-away-in-derby","publisheddate":"2026-03-26","summary":"
Penultimate medical students Liv Williams and Luke Panuccio swapped Warren Blackwood hospitals for Derby Hospital recently and have reaped the rewards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Emergency Medicine"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Surgery"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"First Nations healers on screen","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-our-medicine-944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/first-nations-healers-on-screen","publisheddate":"2026-03-20","summary":"
The second season of Our Medicine has premiered on NITV/SBS and follows The Rural Clinical School of WA medical student Keisha Calyun on placement in the Kimberley.
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The University is a key research partner in a new research centre bolstering Australia’s critical minerals refining sector.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"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":"Scholars making waves in the water and on land","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/westpac-scholars-2026-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/scholars-making-waves-in-the-water-and-on-land","publisheddate":"2026-02-24","summary":"
Two students who are driven to create a sustainable future have been awarded 2026 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Graduate School"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Featured"}]}]}