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After Islamic State falls, we should expect aftershocks in Syria

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
imageReuters/Alkis Konstantinidis

US-backed forces in Iraq and in Syria are in the process of rooting Islamic State (IS) fighters out of their strongholds in northern Iraq and eastern Syria.

In the case of Mosul in Iraq, the removal of diehard IS remnants might be completed any day now. In Raqqa, the IS headquarters in eastern Syria, US-backed rebel...

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Why travel bans and changes to human rights laws won't stop terrorist attacks

  • Written by: Bethan Greener, Associate Professor of Politics, Massey University
imageTributes and messages to the victims of the Manchester Arena suicide attack on May 22, 2017.AAP/Terry Waller, CC BY-ND

The recent terrorist acts in Manchester, Brussels and London prompted British Prime Minister Theresa May to argue for a more punitive counter-terrorism approach. She mooted longer prison sentences, stronger deportation regulations,...

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Friday essay: how the Men's Painting Room at Papunya transformed Australian art

  • Written by: John Kean, Writer and curator, Indigenous art and natural history illustration, University of Melbourne
imageA close up from Michael Jensen’s Pintupi and Anmatyerr artists in Men’s Painting Room (circa August 1972). Michael Jensen

Seismic shifts occur infrequently on the cultural landscape, and the works produced at such rare moments accrue mystique over and above their individual artistic merit. The 220 early Papunya boards held at the Museum...

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Matariki: reintroducing the tradition of Māori New Year celebrations

  • Written by: Rangi Matamua, Associate Dean Postgraduate, Waikato University
imagemy star gazing profile

The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, is one of the most obvious star groups in the night sky, identifiable to the naked eye.

In Aotearoa/New Zealand, the star cluster is known as Matariki. This name is a truncated version of the saying “Ngā mata o te ariki Tāwhirimātea” meaning “the eye of the god...

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  7. Grattan on Friday: It's a year since Turnbull won his first election, but what about a second?
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  13. Note to Liberals: on the leadership front, best to keep calm and carry on
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  15. Gold Rush Victoria was as wasteful as we are today
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  20. Abbott, on a mission to destroy, is stepping up his stalking of Turnbull
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