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Why is there so little space for women in jazz music?

  • Written by: Cat Hope, Professor, Head of School, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
imageSome musicians believe certain instruments, such as the trumpet, are more 'masculine'.Alenavlad/shutrerstock

Female singers from Nina Simone to Kate Ceberano are some of the most recognisable and celebrated jazz performers. Yet across the Australian jazz industry, women are disturbingly under-represented.

There are relatively few female jazz...

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Ten years on, it's time we learned the lessons from the failed Northern Territory Intervention

  • Written by: Diana Perche, Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Unit, UNSW
imageIn political terms, the Howard government faced little opposition to the Northern Territory Intervention.AAP/Alan Porritt

Ten years ago this month, the then prime minister, John Howard, and his indigenous affairs minister, Mal Brough, launched the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) into remote Indigenous communities.

With no warning, and...

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Remote workers would rather be watched than ignored and forgotten

  • Written by: Ella Hafermalz, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney
imageRemote workers struggle to be included in workplace decision making.Shane Adams/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Beth (not her real name) was one of her company’s first employees. She worked remotely as a workshop facilitator from her home and on the road.

At first she felt like a core member of the team. As the company grew however Beth struggled to...

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Ken Campbell: the palaeontologist whose name lives on in many fossils

  • Written by: John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
imageKen in the field with his team from the ANU in 1990 at Gogo (left to right) Dr Peter Pridmore, Prof Ken Campbell, Mrs Val Elder and Dr Richard BarwickJohn Long, Author provided

Professor Kenton “Ken” Campbell was an internationally respected authority on Australian geology and palaeontology for more than 50 years. Sadly he passed away...

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