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How murals helped turn a declining community around

  • Written by: Tony Matthews, Lecturer in Urban & Environmental Planning, Griffith University

The inner-city district of Shandon, Ireland, has a history that dates back to medieval times. Its narrow streets and laneways are an eclectic architectural mix – Georgian, Victorian and modern buildings nestle alongside terraced worker’s cottages. But Shandon had become rundown despite its heritage value.

Our research examined how,...

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Anti-Trump backlash at US by-elections

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

Today, a by-election was held in Kansas’ fourth Congressional District (CD) for election to the US House. This CD is very conservative, and voted for Donald Trump by 60-33 against Hillary Clinton at the 2016 election. At this by-election, the Republican prevailed by 53-46, a net improvement of 20 points for the Democrats from Trump’s...

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Australia’s climate bomb: the senselessness of Adani's Carmichael coal mine

  • Written by: David Holmes, Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies, Monash University
imageAAP/Lukas Coch

Veteran environmental campaigner and former Greens senator Bob Brown has previously pointed to Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine as the new Franklin River of environmental protest in Australia. Yet the future of this “climate bomb” hangs in the balance.

The ongoing contest over the mine’s approval is about...

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Attacking North Korea: surely Donald Trump couldn't be that foolish

  • Written by: Benjamin Habib, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University
imageThe over-riding priority underpinning North Korean foreign policy is regime survival and the perpetuation of the Kim family dynasty. Reuters/KCNA

As the USS Carl Vinson and its carrier battle group steam through the Pacific toward the Korean Peninsula, many are wondering if the Trump administration could be so rash as to attack North Korea.

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