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Death by misadventure? Reflections on the demise of Tropfest

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageThis year's Tropfest has run into trouble – what does that mean for Australian filmmakers? Michael Clarke

Tropfest, Sydney’s “largest short film festival in the world”, won’t be happening this year, as we discovered last week, less than a month before the event was meant to happen.

Legal action has been launched against...

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Connecting online can help prevent social isolation in older people

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageSocial technologies could provide valuable opportunities for isolated older persons to stay connected to the world.shutterstock

John*, a widower, is a retired engineer aged in his 90s. He lives alone in the family home and has struggled with loneliness and depression since his wife passed away. He feels frustrated that as he gets older he can no...

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  1. ICT is failing in schools. Here's why
  2. Troublemakers and traitors - it's no fun being a whistleblower
  3. Touch screens: why a new transparent conducting material is sorely needed
  4. Re-illuminating the sacred
  5. Labor would promote Indigenous gender equity and add justice to closing the gap targets
  6. Politics podcast: the danger of leasing the Port of Darwin to the Chinese
  7. What's next, a Senate inquiry into infrasound from trees, waves or air conditioners?
  8. Charlie Sheen and ten million dollars worth of HIV stigma
  9. Darwin: not such a safe haven
  10. In my end is my beginning: why TV streaming services love exploiting your nostalgia
  11. Shrinking Antarctic glaciers could make Adélie penguins unlikely winners of climate change
  12. Drug ads only help Big Pharma's bottom line, so why are they allowed?
  13. Socially mediated terrorism poses devilish dilemma for social responses
  14. An Islamic reformation is not the solution to stop extremism
  15. Indonesia's 'opening' of Papua still needs to bridge the gap between reality and rhetoric
  16. The state of emergency could thwart public demonstrations at the Paris climate talks
  17. Labour hire, plight of insecure workers to be put under the spotlight
  18. The player played: Frank Lowy and Australia’s failed World Cup bid
  19. Funding higher education: time for a more transparent system?
  20. The Man Who Knew Infinity: a mathematician's life comes to the movies
  21. Philosophy and Fallout 4: what's the appeal of the post-apocalypse?
  22. Do men need to exercise harder than women to prevent stroke?
  23. Cabinet's national security committee – an uber group for ministers
  24. Reflections on Paris: technics and terrorism in Vision Culture
  25. How social media was key to Islamic State's attacks on Paris
  26. Finance for developing countries will help Australia in climate talks
  27. Authentic outsiders? Welcome to the age of the 'post-tourist'
  28. What do the Paris attacks mean for Australia's Syrian refugee intake?
  29. Adolescence is hard, but it's not necessarily getting harder
  30. Seven things to consider before you buy into phonics programs
  31. Once Suu Kyi takes power, her party will need to re-engage the people to manage sky-high hopes
  32. Without grandmothers we might not be here at all
  33. Small business can't afford to overlook the little things in the Harper Review
  34. Whether you're listening or not, Australia is a nation of white privilege
  35. Why are we abusing our parents? The ugly facts of family violence and ageism
  36. Long live King Charles? An Australian republic is in Turnbull's hands for now
  37. To die at home or in hospital? Aussies want one but we fund the other
  38. Australia needs a nuclear storage site, but it's a long way away
  39. Is bland corporate leadership holding back our innovation nation?
  40. The mighty dinosaurs were bugged by other critters
  41. It's complicated. The OECD details problems with Australia's health care system
  42. Disproportionate coverage of Paris attacks is not just the media's fault
  43. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, October 2015
  44. Paris climate talks could be a light in the darkness of terror
  45. Paris attacks: can ‘the West’ survive, let alone win?
  46. The Paris attacks will change little in the fight against Islamic State
  47. Health Check: do wrist bands work to repel mozzies?
  48. Paris attacks: why Islam and Christianity are twin religions of war and peace
  49. Banks to stay - not go!
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