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Review: barrangal dyara (skin and bones) was made flesh

  • Written by: Joanna Mendelssohn, Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW Australia. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, UNSW Australia
imageRika Hamaguchi from the Bangarra Dance Theatre performs at the culmination of the barrangal dyara exhibition.Photo Peter Greig/Kaldor Public Art Projects

On a Sydney September night last week, ghosts with shields danced on the flat grass outside the Rose Garden Pavilion at the Royal Botanic Garden. The Bangarra Dance Theatre eloquently evoke the...

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'Syria: Always Beautiful' – can tourism be a force for peace?

  • Written by: Susanne Becken, Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Director, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
imageDeath and destruction are a daily reality in Syria as the civil war drags on.Reuters/SANA

Earlier this month the Syrian government released a new tourism advertisement to promote its beaches and landscape.

Under the banner “Syria – Always Beautiful”, the video did not mention that the same beach, in the seaside town of Tartus, had...

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Clinton-Trump tied! But here's why you should ignore the polls

  • Written by: Bryan Cranston, Online Lecturer in Politics, and PhD Candidate in Politics and History, Swinburne University of Technology
imageReuters/Jonathan Ernst

Politico today ran the headline:

6 weeks to go, Clinton and Trump are tied.

If one believes the latest polls, then the election to decide the next US president is incredibly close. The New York Times poll (September 19) has Hillary Clinton narrowly ahead of Donald Trump, 44%-42%, the RealClearPolitics poll (September 18) is has...

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Are we finally about to get a global agreement on aviation emissions?

  • Written by: David Hodgkinson, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia
imageAviation emissions are growing about 5% each year. Flying image from www.shutterstock.com

Tomorrow, delegates from more than 190 nations will begin an 11-day meeting in Montreal to determine the final form of a scheme to reduce greenhouse emissions from the aviation industry.

The meeting – the latest in a series of three-yearly summits held by...

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  7. The science is in: gardening is good for you
  8. Public support for climate action on the up after dark days: Climate Institute survey
  9. The real lesson from South Australia's electricity 'crisis': we need better climate policy
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  11. Why we need an independent authority to oversee tertiary education
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  13. Old vs New: the next generation of the space industry
  14. Social media can damage body image – here's how to counteract it
  15. What does Trump's rise mean for the past, present and future of celebrity politics?
  16. Not conservative, reactionary: The flawed case against same-sex marriage
  17. A New Democratic Enlightenment?
  18. How heterosexual couples are protesting marriage inequality
  19. Will the hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts get everyone to protect their passwords?
  20. Let's meet in the middle on schools funding, not continue the trench warfare
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  25. Suspending welfare payments unlikely to boost school attendance
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  27. BP in the Bight: why the planned oil spill response is too slow to protect the coast
  28. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's approach to welfare
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  30. Policy versus populism: what can we expect from the first presidential debate?
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  32. Vital Signs: Lowe makes the case for 'good' government debt
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