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Rembrandt, capitalism and great art: the Dutch golden age comes to Sydney

  • Written by Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW Australia. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, UNSW
imageRembrandt Harmensz van Rijn 'Self-portrait as the apostle Paul' 1661 (detail)Rijksmuseum, de Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

In 1962, when I was a child caught in the crowd looking at the Treasures of Woburn Abbey exhibition at Sydney’s David Jones department store, a painting of a child spoke to me – Rembrandt’s...

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A city that forgets about human connections has lost its way

  • Written by Reena Tiwari, Professor and Fellow of the Curtin Academy, Curtin University
imageConnections between people and between people and places help create vibrant neighbourhoods with a sense of human identity and belonging.Picture by Tommy Wong, Author provided

When it comes to planning better cities for the future there’s one simple rule: connect people to places, people to transport and people to people.

The quality and...

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Shorten goes for broke in byelection with mega stakes for Turnbull

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Kristina Keneally’s entry into the Bennelong byelection has put more sizzle into a contest already up there as potentially one of the most significant byelections in recent years.

A decade ago Maxine McKew took this Sydney seat from John Howard, in the general election won by Labor.

If Keneally could wrest the electorate once again for Labor,...

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Four reasons Victorian MPs say 'no' to assisted dying, and why they're misleading

  • Written by Lindy Willmott, Professor of Law and Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology

Victoria’s upper house has resumed its debate on the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill. The bill is now at the committee stage and a vote is expected as soon as Thursday (it needs 21 votes to pass).

At the conclusion of its last sitting, the Legislative Council voted 22:18 in favour of the legislation. Of the 18 members who voted...

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  1. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is back: experts respond
  2. Newspoll 55-45 to Labor as Turnbull's better PM lead falls to 2. Qld and Alabama polling
  3. As China flexes its muscles in Antarctica, science is the best diplomatic tool on the frozen continent
  4. Book review: Curing Affluenza takes aim at our all-consuming passions
  5. Australia's tenuous place in the new global economy
  6. Here’s looking at: Pipilotti Rist, Ever Is Over All
  7. What is the best way to respond to the Rohingya crisis: boycott, sanctions or engagement?
  8. Shorten recruits Keneally for Bennelong, as citizenship crisis claims Lambie
  9. Teaching kids 21st century skills early will help prepare them for their future
  10. High energy costs make vulnerable households reluctant to use air conditioning: study
  11. Honey Birdette and the changing attitudes to sex in advertising
  12. Living rooms for rent by the minute outsource the whole idea of home
  13. Demand for people skills is growing faster than demand for STEM skills
  14. Four factors driving the price of Bitcoin
  15. How Victoria's family violence system fails some victims – by assuming they're perpetrators
  16. From 'Leb bread' to 'Leb Kelly', finally we're seeing more Middle Eastern faces on TV
  17. Did they mean to do that? Accident and intent in an octopuses' garden
  18. Violence between residents in nursing homes can lead to death and demands our attention
  19. Alexander Dugin, Eurasianism, and the American election
  20. At APEC, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping revealed different ideas of Asia's economic future
  21. Fossil fuel emissions hit record high after unexpected growth: Global Carbon Budget 2017
  22. Twitter analysis shows Queensland Labor has put Adani behind them
  23. Hanson loses replacement senator – before he is even sworn in
  24. What we can learn from the Warren Buffett of the web
  25. With One Nation on the march, a change to compulsory voting might backfire on Labor
  26. Simon Leys, navigator between worlds – a unique Australian intellectual
  27. Cups, lingerie and home-made pads: what are the reusable options for managing your period?
  28. Cormann and Shorten reach deal on citizenship disclosure
  29. Hemp can now be sold as a food in Australia (and it's super good for you)
  30. The gender pay gap is wider in the arts than in other industries
  31. Why big projects like the Adani coal mine won't transform regional Queensland
  32. Small potent doses of illegal drugs are evading authorities but having a huge impact
  33. Portable units and temporary leases free up vacant land for urgent housing needs
  34. What causes breast cancer in women? What we know, don't know and suspect
  35. 'Successful failures' – the problem with food banks
  36. Support for standardised tests boils down to beliefs about who benefits from it
  37. Three ways robots can save lives in war
  38. Labor increases Newspoll lead to 55-45% as Shorten moves within striking distance as better PM
  39. Undecided Queensland voters disillusioned with Palaszczuk, suspicious of Nicholls
  40. Coalition loses majority after Alexander resigns. Qld polling and preferences
  41. From Public Confessions to Public Trials: The Complexities of the Weinstein Effect
  42. Extreme right Alabama Senate candidate accused of sexual encounter with 14-y/o girl
  43. Liberal John Alexander likely to quit imminently
  44. Explainer: what exactly is a living wage?
  45. Why has BHP distanced itself from legal threat to environment groups?
  46. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the never-ending citizenship crisis
  47. Why are rates of domestic violence in Australia still so high?
  48. Flowers, remembrance and the art of war
  49. Brian Cox is a world record holding 'rockstar scientist'. Here's why
  50. UN slams Australia’s human rights record

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