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Street Art

Art has been changing its appeal to the man on the street. You no longer have to visit museums and art galleries to get a taste of contemporary art. You can easily find wall paintings, graffiti and murals that resonate with your feelings, cultures, beliefs, as well as with...

As Minneapolis burns, Trump’s presidency is sinking deeper into crisis. And yet, he may still be re-elected

As Minneapolis burns, Trump's presidency is sinking deeper into crisis. And yet, he may still be re-elected Timothy J. Lynch, University of Melbourne Violence has erupted across several US cities after the death of a black man, George Floyd, who was shown on video gasping for breath as a white police...

Three years on from Uluru, we must lift the blindfolds of liberalism to make progress

Three years on from Uluru, we must lift the blindfolds of liberalism to make progress Stan Grant, Charles Sturt University The Uluru Statement from the Heart offered a new compact with all Australians that would reset our national identity and enhance our political legitimacy. But its poetic vision and pragmatism proved...

Morrison’s 3-Step Framework for a COVIDSafe Australia

Australians are about to discover that a national framework does not end the confusion over what is allowed when social restrictions are eased. Scott Morrison has outlined a three-step plan to relax the curbs but he is outnumbered in national cabinet and cannot decide the changes. Sydney Morning Herald's David Crowe...

Make no mistake: Cook’s voyages were part of a military mission to conquer and expand

Make no mistake: Cook’s voyages were part of a military mission to conquer and expand Stephen Gapps, University of Newcastle Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it shapes us today. You...

250 years since Captain Cook landed in Australia, it’s time to acknowledge the violence of first encounters

250 years since Captain Cook landed in Australia, it's time to acknowledge the violence of first encounters Phoebe Roth, The Conversation; Sophia Morris, The Conversation, and Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect...

Newscorp runs Government

Regulators expect Google and Facebook to sue the Government over a looming “mates-deal” to protect Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Nine Entertainment from competition. Taxpayers will be on the hook. Quentin Dempster reports on the latest media battle. With Australians about to lose their local and metropolitan newspaper coverage the...

Tax rorters 2017-2018 Groundhog Day

Alan Joyce CEO of Qantas has a take home salary of A$24,500,000 which turns out to be more than double the $10,955,067 tax Qantas begrudgingly paid to Australia. Effectively taxpayers have underwritten - kicked the can - subsidised Alan Joyce's take home pay to the tune of $13million. And...

Coronavirus: country comparisons are pointless unless we account for these biases in testing

    Coronavirus: country comparisons are pointless unless we account for these biases in testing New cases daily for COVID-19 in world and top countries. Chris55 /wikipedia, CC BY-SA Norman Fenton, Queen Mary University of London; Magda Osman, Queen Mary University of London; Martin Neil, Queen Mary University of London, and Scott McLachlan,...

Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership

Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern's coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership Imagine, if you can, what it’s like to make decisions on which the lives of tens of thousands of other people depend. If you get things wrong, or delay deciding, they die. Your decisions affect the livelihoods...