{"result":[{"title":"Leading demographer goes home to Bunbury for planning conference","featuredImage":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/amanda-davies--2-card.jpg","largeImage":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/hero/small-hero/2026/bunbury-view-half-hero.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/leading-demographer-goes-home-to-bunbury-for-planning-conference","publisheddate":"2026-06-17","summary":" Bunbury-raised academic Professor Amanda Davies will return to her hometown this week for a conference where she will discuss demographic diversity and planning challenges in WA’s regional areas.","topics":[{"title":"Our community"},{"title":"Our people"},{"title":"Policy and opinion"}]},{"title":"Global surveys find carbon uptake in tropics overestimated","featuredImage":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/tropical-plants-card.jpg","largeImage":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/hero/small-hero/2026/tropical-carbon-half-hero.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/global-surveys-find-carbon-uptake-in-tropics-overestimated","publisheddate":"2026-06-16","summary":"An international team of researchers has found plants in the tropics absorb much less carbon dioxide than previous modelling had suggested, which has implications for management of ecosystems.","topics":[{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and environment"}]},{"title":"Peace deal may end Iran war but what was really achieved?","featuredImage":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-iran-peace-deal_card.jpg","largeImage":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/hero/small-hero/2026/conversation-iran-peace-deal_half-hero.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/peace-deal-may-end-iran-war-but-what-was-really-achieved","publisheddate":"2026-06-15","summary":"After weeks of on-again, off-again negotiations, US President Donald Trump finally seems to have secured an agreement from the Iranian regime to end the war that has roiled the region – and global energy markets – since late February. 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