AQ: Australian Quarterly

Science is messy, so why is SciComm clean? Time to get elbow deep.

Nowhere is science’s struggle with public trust more evident than when we look at the disparity between what the science and empirical evidence shows, and what some of the general public thinks the science shows: think climate change, evolution and vaccines.

Arguably, despite years of trying, traditional science news sources are not reaching out to certain sections of the general public. The general public includes everyone. People like you, as well as people without such good taste in magazines.

Buy why isn’t everyone listening?

When it comes to translating the stuffy, formal scientific language into digestible and engaging content for a broader audience, we tend look to the cheerleader of

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The Voice to Parliament and the Silent Majority 1. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-02/fact-check-indigenous-australians-support-for-the-voice/102673042 2. https://nit.com.au/17-10-2023/8174/indigenous-areas-heavily-backed-the-voice-to-parliament

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