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Eliza Winstanley, colonial stage star and our first female Richard III

  • Written by: Jane Woollard, Head of Theatre and Performance, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, University of Tasmania
Eliza Winstanley, colonial stage star and our first female Richard IIIEliza Winstanley, Carte de visite, circa 1860. TCS 19, Houghton Library, Harvard University.Houghton Library, Harvard University.

In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages.

In December 1882, Eliza O’Flaherty died of “diabetes and exhaustion” at her lodgings in Sydney. Aged 64, Eliza lived in a brick...

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how digital advertising is shaping this election campaign

  • Written by: Andrew Hughes, Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University

This year’s election will be the first in Australia where the parties will be advertising more on social and digital platforms than traditional media (TV, radio, newspapers and magazines).

There are a few key reasons for this. First, cost-wise, social media is far cheaper, sometimes as low as a few cents per click. Unlike heritage media,...

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Can Labor's animal welfare plan improve Australia's lacklustre record?

  • Written by: Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney
Can Labor's animal welfare plan improve Australia's lacklustre record?Labor plans to create a national strategy on animal welfare.Shutterstock

Labor has released a six-point plan intended to re-establish national leadership on animal welfare.

This plan would reverse the direction set by the Abbot government, which withdrew funding from the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy (AAWS) and disbanded the entire Animal...

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Psst... wanna buy a necklace? Humans have been faking jewellery for thousands of years

  • Written by: Michelle Langley, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Griffith University
Psst... wanna buy a necklace? Humans have been faking jewellery for thousands of yearsAmber held high value in past human cultures, and it may have been lucrative to create fake beads for trade. from www.shutterstock.com

Making fake jewels isn’t a modern phenomenon – it’s a human behaviour that dates back thousands of years.

New research published today suggests that traders 2,000 years ago were producing imitation...

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  1. How 'flags of convenience' have shrunk Australia's merchant fleet
  2. Victorian Liberal candidates find social media footprints lethal
  3. Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Colebatch on the battle in Victoria
  4. Shorten distances himself from Green overtures on climate policy
  5. Uranium mines harm Indigenous people – so why have we approved a new one?
  6. an exotic radical who rejected the establishment
  7. How the major parties’ Indigenous health election commitments stack up
  8. a valid argument let down by selective science and over-the-top claims
  9. Labor's anti-war message falls flat in landslide loss in 1966
  10. Are too many corporate mergers harming consumers? We won't know if we don't check
  11. the 'unlosable election' of 1993 still resonates loudly
  12. How we used CRISPR to narrow in on a possible antidote to box jellyfish venom
  13. Unpacking the flaws in Adani's water management plan
  14. Don't forget our future climate when tightening up building codes
  15. what is inquiry-based learning and how does it help prepare children for the real world?
  16. Why artistic differences in a band can be a good thing
  17. Have you gone vegan? Keep an eye on these 4 nutrients
  18. From catfish to romance fraud, how to avoid getting caught in any online scam
  19. How much influence will independents and minor parties have this election? Please explain
  20. William Bowe on the state of election play in WA
  21. political scientist Andy Marks on #AusVotes2019 and the key issues in NSW
  22. Climate change forced these Fijian communities to move – and with 80 more at risk, here's what they learned
  23. It's time to properly acknowledge - and celebrate
  24. Despite its green image, NZ has world's highest proportion of species at risk
  25. why this election is posing problems for the media
  26. How we found a white dwarf – a stellar corpse – by accident
  27. what is Sjögren’s syndrome, the condition Venus Williams lives with?
  28. It's time 'coercive control' was made illegal in Australia
  29. How the decision to paywall NZ's largest newspaper will affect other media
  30. the 'credit squeeze' that nearly swept Menzies from power in 1961
  31. How a bias towards built heritage threatens the protection of cultural landscapes in New Zealand
  32. does Rugby Australia have legal grounds to sack Israel Folau for anti-gay social media posts?
  33. Too many Australians miss out on timely dental care – Labor's pledge is just a start
  34. Orwell's 1984 and how it helps us understand tyrannical power today
  35. The newest election faultline isn't left versus right, it's young versus old -- and it's hardening
  36. despite record youth enrolments, Australia’s voter base is ageing
  37. Informal and illegal housing on the rise as our cities fail to offer affordable places to live
  38. Why your veterinarian may refuse to euthanise your pet
  39. wobbling jets from a black hole that's 'feeding' on a companion star
  40. Shorten had the content, Morrison had the energy in first debate
  41. Vale Les Murray, a witty, anti-authoritarian, national poet who spoke to the world
  42. Morrison and Shorten take aim at one another in leaders' debate: experts respond
  43. How three scientists navigated the personal and career implications of a name change with marriage
  44. Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Hughes on political advertising
  45. how to start exercising if you're out of shape
  46. Labor's Newspoll lead falls to 51-49 on dubious assumptions as Palmer and Coalition do a deal
  47. Dingoes and humans were once friends. Separating them could be why they attack
  48. an arbitration dispute and the first ousting of a PM from parliament
  49. It's the luxuries that give it away. To fight corruption, follow the goods
  50. why do we have a QWERTY keyboard instead of putting the letters in alphabetical order?

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