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Cinema opens a dialogue about coming to terms with Balkans' past

  • Written by: Danica Jenkins, PhD Candidate in European Studies, University of Sydney
imageBy engaging a broad base of people on a popular level, film has a much more immediate and visceral impact than formal lustration proceedings. Before the Rain (1994)

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges...

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Why don't people get it? Seven ways that communicating risk can fail

  • Written by: Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
imageThere's a reason why some people don't want to listen. Know that and you might stand a better chance of getting your point across.Shutterstock/BortN

Many public conversations we have about science-related issues involve communicating risks: describing them, comparing them and trying to inspire action to avoid or mitigate them.

Just think about the...

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Explainer: why markets care what businesses are buying

  • Written by: Lee Smales, Associate Professor, Finance, Curtin University
imageIt's important to look at what businesses are purchasing.Shutterstock

How we track our economy influences everything from government spending and taxes to home lending and business investment. In our series The Way We Measure, we’re taking a close look at economic indicators to better understand what’s going on.

After all the...

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  4. Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2017
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  7. Cabinet papers 1992-93: Keating government fights for Indigenous rights on multiple fronts
  8. Cabinet papers 1992-93: the balance of head and heart
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  11. Cabinet papers 1992-93: Australia moves to make Her Majesty obsolete
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  14. Philanthropy's tech billionaire reboot could be good for policymaking
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  17. A behaviourist's guide to New Year's resolutions
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  20. 2016: The Year in Film
  21. A rare American rebuke for Israel
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  30. 2016: the year in space and astronomy
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