A Combined Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS, and Social Media to Create and Disseminate Bushfire Warning Contents to Rural Australia by Kithsiri Perera, Ryutaro Tateishi, Kondho Akihiko, Srikantha Herath

“…According to the records of the Parliament of Australia, the recent catastrophic bushfires in NSW and Victoria burnt out over 10 million hectares of land, a figure more significant than any previous bushfire damage on record. …”
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“An audience with the Queen”: Indigenous Australians and the Crown, 1954- 2017 by Mark McKenna

“…After the High Court’s Mabo decision (1992), the passage of the </span><em>Native Title Act </em><span>(1993), and the federal government’s Apology to the Stolen Generations (2008), it is clear that the only avenues for seriously redressing Indigenous grievances lie within the courts and parliaments of Australia. The Australian monarch—either as a supportive voice, or as a vehicle for highlighting the failure of Australian governments— no longer holds any substantial political </span><em>utility </em><span>for Indigenous Australians. …”
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