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The National is a time capsule of new Australian art in uncertain times

  • Written by: Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW Australia. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, UNSW
The National is a time capsule of new Australian art in uncertain timesSam Cranstoun, Utopia, The National, Carriageworks.Zan Wimberley

The National is an ambitious name for any exhibition of contemporary Australian art. In this case it is justified by the inclusion of artists from every state and territory. The bald statistics of the media release note that over 60% of the 70 artists are women, and over one third are...

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Many professions have codes of ethics

  • Written by: Sidney Bloch, Emeritus Professor in Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
Many professions have codes of ethicsoriginal

Al Jazeera’s explosive investigation, “How to Sell a Massacre”, exposed the One Nation party’s attempts to weaken Australia’s gun laws with pro-gun PR training and donations from the National Rifle Association.

The party joins a growing group of our politicians who have recently behaved unethically.

Already in...

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Married at First Sight - a 'social experiment' all but guaranteeing relationship failure

  • Written by: Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University
Married at First Sight - a 'social experiment' all but guaranteeing relationship failureMarried at First Sight's many failed relationships are not a surprise, given the way the show is made.9Now

Despite its obvious appeal, the Nine Network’s reality TV show Married at First Sight is based on a false premise. This “social experiment” is built on the notion that individuals looking for love are matched by experts,...

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a decent menu, but missing the main course

  • Written by: Nicky Ison, Research Associate, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

The federal Labor Party this week released the details of its keenly awaited climate policy package.

With a commitment to cutting climate pollution by 45% on 2005 levels by 2030, compared with the Coalition’s 26-28% target, there was never a doubt that Labor’s policy agenda was going to be more ambitious than the government’s....

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  2. Don't worry, a school library with fewer books and more technology is good for today's students
  3. Government's population plan is more about maximising 'win-wins' than cutting numbers
  4. TikTok is popular, but Chinese apps still have a lot to learn about global markets
  5. Labor's plan for transport emissions is long on ambition but short on details
  6. Erdogan tried to make local Turkish elections about national security, but it didn't work
  7. Mega study confirms pregnant women can reduce risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their side
  8. India destroys its own satellite with a test missile, still says space is for peace
  9. what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?
  10. How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countries
  11. was he an environmentalist ahead of his time?
  12. Migrants want to live in the big cities, just like the rest of us
  13. Who do Chinese-Australian voters trust for their political news on WeChat?
  14. why do we have fingernails and toenails?
  15. How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are
  16. Bleaching has struck the southernmost coral reef in the world
  17. It's time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia
  18. Expect a budget that breaks the intergenerational bargain, like the one before it, and before that
  19. the rise and fall of the bad-tempered tabloids
  20. If we want students to feel safe at school, we can't encourage teachers to spot potential extremists
  21. how a 15th century artist dissected the human machine
  22. Settling migrants in regional areas will need more than a visa to succeed
  23. Shorten's climate policy would hit more big polluters harder and set electric car target
  24. Labor flags another budget in August as Frydenberg says his contains "a series" of living cost measures
  25. Why are we losing so many Indigenous children to suicide?
  26. Hannah Gadsby's follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care
  27. Why we need to fix encryption laws the tech sector says threaten Australian jobs
  28. The government's electricity shortlist rightly features pumped hydro (and wrongly includes coal)
  29. Old man's beard is a star climber for Australian gardens
  30. The false hope offered by talk of a living wage
  31. Michelle Grattan on One Nation's NRA affair and the Morrison's coal offering
  32. what does it all mean for the 2019 federal election?
  33. The challenge of drawing a line between objectionable material and freedom of expression online
  34. The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law
  35. Christchurch attacks strike at the heart of Muslims' safe places from Islamophobia
  36. Deadly frog fungus has wiped out 90 species and threatens hundreds more
  37. Premiums up, rebates down, and a new tiered system – what the private health insurance changes mean
  38. From the bronze age to food cans, here's how tin changed humanity
  39. Bad news. Closing coal-fired power stations costs jobs. We need to prepare
  40. what are Confucius Institutes and do they teach Chinese propaganda?
  41. Friday essay: shadows on the Moon
  42. Scott Morrison struggles to straddle the south-north divide
  43. How big tech designs its own rules of ethics to avoid scrutiny and accountability
  44. NZ's environmental watchdog challenges climate policy on farm emissions and forestry offsets
  45. Labor pledges $14m funding boost to Environmental Defenders Offices – what do these services do?
  46. Kate Mulvany's The Mares bristles with energetic feminist storytelling
  47. How to challenge racism by listening to those who experience it
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