Historian Dr Meg Foster from the University of Cambridge talks about the fascinating hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers in her book, Boundary Crossers. Meg talks about the bushrangers who didn’t fit into Australia’s national mythology, like African American man Black Douglas, who was seen as the terror of the Victorian goldfields, Sam Poo – Australia’s only Chinese bushranger, and Captain Thunderbolt’s partner, Aboriginal woman Mary Ann Bugg. Professor Raina Macintyre talks about her new book on pandemics and biosecurity, Dark Winter. A world-leading epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre discusses the dangers of information warfare during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, as well as the history of biological attacks, lab accidents and epidemics, synthetic biology, and gain of function research. She reveals a pattern of denial, silence and cover-up around unnatural epidemics and the powerful vested interests at play. Dr Brendan Wintle, Professor in Conservation Ecology at the University of Melbourne talks about some major developments on environmental conservation policy at the federal level. This includes the creation of the Biodiversity Council – a scientist-led think-tank, the Threatened Species Action Plan, and long overdue changes to the EPBC Act in response to the Samuel Review.
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By RRR - Triple RHistorian Dr Meg Foster from the University of Cambridge talks about the fascinating hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers in her book, Boundary Crossers. Meg talks about the bushrangers who didn’t fit into Australia’s national mythology, like African American man Black Douglas, who was seen as the terror of the Victorian goldfields, Sam Poo – Australia’s only Chinese bushranger, and Captain Thunderbolt’s partner, Aboriginal woman Mary Ann Bugg. Professor Raina Macintyre talks about her new book on pandemics and biosecurity, Dark Winter. A world-leading epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre discusses the dangers of information warfare during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, as well as the history of biological attacks, lab accidents and epidemics, synthetic biology, and gain of function research. She reveals a pattern of denial, silence and cover-up around unnatural epidemics and the powerful vested interests at play. Dr Brendan Wintle, Professor in Conservation Ecology at the University of Melbourne talks about some major developments on environmental conservation policy at the federal level. This includes the creation of the Biodiversity Council – a scientist-led think-tank, the Threatened Species Action Plan, and long overdue changes to the EPBC Act in response to the Samuel Review.
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