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Emancipated wenches in gaudy jewellery: the liberating bling of the goldfields

  • Written by: Clare Wright, Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
imageAn unknown portrait of Lola Montez as a young woman. Private Collection Print

Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl.

But that’s not all she was. Not by a long stretch.

imageLola Montez.

Lola Montez was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1818, and christened Maria Eliza Delores Rosanna Gilbert. She changed her name to Lola when, at 18, she fled an...

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How citizen scientists discovered a giant cluster of galaxies

  • Written by: Ray Norris, Professor, School of Computing, Engineering, & Maths, Western Sydney University
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It used to be that you had to have years of training before you could participate in cutting-edge science.

But that has changed, with the power of the internet enabling thousands of ordinary people to contribute to one of humanity’s most exciting endeavours from the comfort of their homes.

It was announced in May that a cluster of galaxies...

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OECD figures are not what they seem in higher education

  • Written by: Geoff Sharrock, Program Director, LH Martin Institute, University of Melbourne
imageEducation groups need to make sure they use data to make useful comparisons that are in no way misleading.from www.shutterstock.com

In any campaign, truth is an early casualty. Political leaders use simple facts and figures to prove one policy good, another bad. But reality is more complex. As John F. Kennedy said to students at Yale in 1962:

“...

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The Indi Project: Soft voters say Turnbull better leader to handle a Trump presidency

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageSupport for Cathy McGowan has strengthened notably since the last focus group discussion in May. Cathy McGowan

Soft voters in the Victorian seat of Indi are strengthening their support for independent member Cathy McGowan, but many are inclined to balance that out by opting for the Coalition in the Senate.

At a time when it is expected the election...

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  8. Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent?
  9. Turnbull's election to lose
  10. Resettling refugees in Australia would not resume the people-smuggling trade
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  13. Insider trading is greedy, not glamorous, and it hurts us all
  14. Venice Biennale: an exhausting, beautiful attempt to relinquish architecture
  15. Ancient asteroid impacts yield evidence for the nature of the early Earth
  16. Genes can have up to 80% influence on students' academic performance
  17. Labor would upgrade NBN to fibre-to-the-premises
  18. Xenophon threatens massive retaliation against any Lib-Lab deal against him
  19. ALP uses Bob Hawke to boost its campaigning on health
  20. Signals from the noise of urban innovation in the world's 'second-least-liveable' city
  21. Bill Shorten's savings package looks a little desperate
  22. Labor searches for savings amid family benefits reform
  23. Labor finds $16 billion more savings to put on the table
  24. White Bay rethink hinges on who looks out for the public interest in remaking Sydney
  25. Should we still be choosing fat-free over full-fat products?
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  27. The public should be concerned when academics must battle bureaucrats for academic freedom
  28. Removing social media hate speech within 24 hours sounds like a good idea, but...
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