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a revamped Ten Days on the Island explores Tasmania's past and present

  • Written by: Asher Warren, Lecturer, University of Tasmania
a revamped Ten Days on the Island explores Tasmania's past and presentYouth dance troupe Stompin performed their thought-provoking work Nowhere as part of this year's Ten Days on the Island.Jacob Collings, Lusy Productions

This year marks the tenth biennial Tasmanian Arts festival Ten Days on the Island, and the first under new artistic director, Lindy Hume. Since it began in 2001, the festival has always been...

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what to do if your teenager watches violent footage

  • Written by: Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast

The world is reeling in the aftermath of the horrific shootings in Christchurch. The attack has also raised a number of side issues, including the ethics of broadcasting the live stream of the attack, which was later shared on other platforms.

As social media is fast becoming the favoured news source among young people, concerns have been raised...

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As home care packages become big business, older people are not getting the personalised support they need

  • Written by: Lyn Phillipson, NHMRC-ARC Dementia Development Fellow, University of Wollongong
As home care packages become big business, older people are not getting the personalised support they needMany older Australians prefer to stay at home than enter residential aged care – but the process of securing home care is riddled with complexities.From shutterstock.com

The Royal Commission into Aged Care has unleashed a spate of claims of system failure within the residential aged care sector.

Now, as the commission shifts its focus to care...

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Two ways to fund NSW election promises as property prices crash

  • Written by: Gareth Bryant, Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Sydney
Two ways to fund NSW election promises as property prices crashPrevious NSW election promises were easily funded. Not so this time.Shutterstock

State elections are always about spending promises, but this time not much is being said about how they will be funded.

Last minute costings on individual announcements tend to rely on the general presumption that the state economy will keep growing and somehow produce...

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  1. A new video game glorifying sexual assault raises questions about regulation
  2. why do we have two kidneys when we can live with only one?
  3. Would you like to grow old at home? Why we’re struggling to meet demand for subsidised home care
  4. Married at First Sight's closer to reality than you'd think, demographically speaking at least
  5. We need a legally binding treaty to make plastic pollution history
  6. a parent's guide to protecting your kids from online hoaxes
  7. Rebel teens can quickly make friends, but in the end, it's the nice ones who have the most
  8. Antoinette de Saint-Étienne, the First Nations nun who sang for a queen
  9. Australia’s performance on gender equality – are we fair dinkum?
  10. a fresh idea to escape the low wage trap
  11. With Grand Finale, audiences bear witness to a world on the edge
  12. Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and white
  13. Why you shouldn’t bury your pet in the backyard
  14. Social media creates a spectacle society that makes it easier for terrorists to achieve notoriety
  15. Morrison announces $55 million for security at religious premises and warns against "tribalism"
  16. NSW election likely to be close, and Mark Latham will win an upper house seat
  17. Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack
  18. New TAFE program for Aboriginal health-care students sees a near perfect completion rate
  19. We need a new definition of pornography
  20. Two million Aussies delay or don't go to the dentist – here's how we can fix that
  21. Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media
  22. Ultra low wage growth isn't accidental. It is the intended outcome of government policies
  23. giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programs
  24. why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptation
  25. Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card
  26. A truly inclusive society requires political restraint
  27. NSW election neck and neck as voters face a 1950s-style 'I'll see you and raise you' campaign
  28. Christchurch attacks are a stark warning of toxic political environment that allows hate to flourish
  29. Can a senator be expelled from the federal parliament for offensive statements?
  30. The psychology of fear and hate, and what each of us can do to stop it
  31. Why overhauling NZ's gun and terrorism laws alone can't stop terrorist attacks
  32. Christchurch mosque shootings must end New Zealand's innocence about right-wing terrorism
  33. Why news outlets should think twice about republishing the New Zealand mosque shooter's livestream
  34. If you've got private health insurance, the choice to use it in a public hospital is your own
  35. Guinea flowers are fierce and golden
  36. Liberal MP Craig Laundy confirms he will quit
  37. Michelle Grattan on the Coalition and Coal
  38. how love, pain and sacrifice produced an Australian classic
  39. why we always choose story over technology
  40. Most recreational fishers in Australia support marine sanctuaries
  41. Finally, people with disabilities will have a chance to tell their stories – and be believed
  42. Elite sport is becoming a platform to target the trans community
  43. What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that
  44. The terror of climate change is transforming young people's identity
  45. Chinese-Australia relations may not be 'toxic', but they do need to keep warming up
  46. How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviour
  47. ALP urges Fair Work Commission to give "substantial" minimum wage increase
  48. why is Australian satire so rarely risky?
  49. Vital signs. It's one thing to back down on Hayne's recommendation about mortgage brokers, it's another to offer nothing in its place
  50. Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster

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