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Christine Robertson

From military operations to fighting fires: CDU graduate reflects on return to study

Christine Robertson has spent the last decade strengthening her ability to support her community – alongside her work with military operations and as a firefighter – and today, she finally dons a graduation cap and gown.

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Christine Robertson

From military operations to fighting fires: CDU graduate reflects on return to study

Christine Robertson has spent the last decade strengthening her ability to support her community – alongside her work with military operations and as a firefighter – and today, she finally dons a graduation cap and gown.

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Friend or foe: Why homebuilders have a lot to learn from termites

Termites are often thought of as bad news when it comes to a building’s integrity – but what if the voracious insects hold the blueprint to designing the coolest homes in the Territory?

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Gilbert Tanoto

CDU Bus Service helps students get to class safe and sound

The wheels on the bus will continue to go ‘round and ‘round as Charles Darwin University (CDU) expands its intercampus transport services.

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Ellie Hedington

Sparks fly: Tradie’s tech dreams land ‘happy’ gig at Seabreeze

When sparky Ellie Hedington signed up to learn the ropes of live production, she never imagined she would be running a three-hour stage show for all of Darwin just a few months later.

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CDU enters first-of-its-kind partnership to boost health literacy in Territory schools

A groundbreaking new initiative aimed at boosting health awareness and outcomes across the Northern Territory’s secondary schools has launched for the first time in Darwin. 

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Thuseethan Selvarajah

Rooting out plant diseases: Are computers ready to run our farms?

Nature is still too complex for artificial intelligence (AI) modelling to be effective, but the tipping point is close, according to a new study that found the technology may still trip at the last real-world hurdle.

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Tech on the treetops: How AI can protect forests

The Artificial Intelligence model was developed to detect changes in forest cover. 

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CDU expands successful Pathways to Politics for Women NT program to Alice Springs

A political pathways program that has helped shape the Northern Territory’s political landscape is expanding to Alice Springs.

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Volunteers protected Darwin wildlife for 50+ years, but new research suggests it’s time to stop winging conservation efforts

Volunteers have shouldered the burden of shorebird conservation in the Top End for more than half a century, but new research from Charles Darwin University (CDU) suggests it’s time for the government to take responsibility for all of the Northern Territory’s residents – including those with wings. 

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The CDU Newsroom is the central point of contact for all media enquiries to Charles Darwin University (CDU). The media team promotes University research, manages requests for expert commentary and produces articles and media releases for news outlets. For all enquiries to film on campus please email the team below.

E: media@cdu.edu.au
T: +61 8 8946 7798

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