This study was approved as low or negligible risk research by the University of Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee (2023/HE001714). All participants provided informed consent to participate and had the
“…if you’re gambling with your friends and your family, it’s very hard to pull up because it’s become normalised behaviour in a lot of areas, particularly around Pokies for urban people and more so cards and things, cards on tarps out in communities. And, so, it’s being done ...
State Library of Queensland// flickr 1930: Mickey Mouse The first stuffed Mickey Mouse doll was commissioned by Disney in 1930 and created by a woman named Charlotte Clark. Mickey had already been around for two years, and his popularity was still increasing; the dolls were instantly popular. ...
State: Australian Capital Territory 8 1 % New South Wales 176 32 % Northern Territory 4 1 % Queensland 113 21 % South Australia 41 7 % Tasmania 14 3 % Victoria 129 24 % Western Australia 63 11 % Table 6. Study 2 descriptive statistics and scale reliability. Scales/items Intrinsic attribu...
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Unless there is continual input into the knowledge bank, the feedback loop can become a stagnant trap, miring the system in its own inertia. Expertise stays limited, few opportunities for building expertise arise, quality remains low and no break-through innovations occur. As a result, few ...
For example, in May 2021, an explosion at Queensland, Australia’s, Callide C black-coal-fired power plant put the facility out of action for about a month. According to the Australian Energy Regulator, short-term gas prices rose well above provisional forecasts due to demand from gas-fired...
Australia, being such a big country (the sixth-largest in the world), doesn't follow DST uniformly: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory follow daylight saving, while Queensland, the Northern Territory (Western Australia) do not, according to ...
A running account of what happens when fishing crosses the line from a hobby into a twisted obsession
Goals from Noel Cantwell, John Aston Jr and Best gave us a comfortable 3-0 lead before the break and, despite a superb performance from Queensland goalkeeper Ross Kelly in the second period, a further four were added. Bobby Charlton scored twice – delighting the locals with a trademark crac...