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Worlds and theatre collide in Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land

  • Written by: William Peterson, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Flinders University
Worlds and theatre collide in Secret Love in Peach Blossom LandSecret Love in Peach Blossom Land was created over 30 years ago, but has only now received its Australian premiere. OzAsia Festival

Review: Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, OzAsia Festival.


I have often heard OzAsia Festival Artistic Director Joseph Mitchell suggest that he looks forward to the day when contemporary work from Asia is so woven into...

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Coalition, Morrison slip further in Newspoll; US Democrats gain in late counting

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Coalition, Morrison slip further in Newspoll; US Democrats gain in late countingThe polls are not moving in the right direction for Prime Minister Scott Morrison.AAP/Ben Rushton

This week’s Newspoll, conducted November 8-11 from a sample of 1,800, gave Labor a large 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since last fortnight. Primary votes were 40% Labor (up one), 35% Coalition (down one), 9% Greens (steady) and 6% One...

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Government falls further behind – Labor leads 55-45% in Newspoll

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Coalition has taken another knock in Newspoll, now trailing Labor 45-55% on a two-party basis.

Scott Morrison’s personal ratings have also worsened, in a poll that comes in the wake of his intensive week of campaigning in the key state of Queensland.

This is the second consecutive Newspoll in which the two-party vote has gone backwards:...

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  1. A year since the marriage equality vote, much has been gained – and there is still much to be done
  2. what's the difference between decodable and predictable books, and when should they be used?
  3. Five food mistakes to avoid if you're trying to lose weight
  4. Climate change will make QLD's ecosystems unrecognisable – it's up to us if we want to stop that
  5. The promise and problems of including 'big data' in official government statistics
  6. Two birds with one stone. How better taxing super could fund aged care
  7. Smart mobility alone is no substitute for strong policy leadership
  8. Luke Foley's resignation is a disaster for Labor but may not bolster Berejiklian much either
  9. How to restore trust in governments and institutions
  10. Michelle Grattan on Turnbull's QandA appearance, Morrison's bus tour, and antics in NSW
  11. Encouraging suicide or committing manslaughter?
  12. Origins and implications of the caravan of Honduran migrants
  13. How tracking people moving together through time creates powerful data
  14. Australia and China push the 'reset' button on an important relationship
  15. How a Sri Lankan student's arrest on terror charges exposes a system built to suspect minorities
  16. Don't give up on politics. It's where the fight for the fair go must be won
  17. 100 years since the WW1 Armistice, Remembrance Day remains a powerful reminder of the cost of war
  18. It's time Australia's conscientious objectors of WW1 were remembered, too
  19. how Australia's war art scheme fed national mythologies of WW1
  20. The benefits – and pitfalls – of working in isolation
  21. How the open banking API could transform financial services to benefit consumers
  22. One in four Australians are lonely, which affects their physical and mental health
  23. Before replacing a carer with a robot, we need to assess the pros and cons
  24. Chris Ho and Edgar Liu about diversity and high density in our cities
  25. Why we distrust the consumer price index
  26. If Australia cares about Pacific nations, we should also invest in their care givers
  27. Turnbull tells Liberals to answer that unanswerable question
  28. How to keep slave-caught seafood off your plate
  29. how massive solar eruptions 'probably' detonated dozens of US sea mines
  30. why atrocity tourism is neither new nor weird
  31. What it means when scientists say their results are 'significant'
  32. is the world's oldest rock art in Southeast Asia?
  33. Little Women at 150 and the patriarch who shaped the book's tone
  34. Learning music early can make your child a better reader
  35. The Google walkout is a watershed moment in 21st century labour activism
  36. why many are using painkillers for emotional relief
  37. Who wins and who loses when platforms like Airbnb disrupt housing? And how do you regulate it?
  38. Morrison to unveil broad suite of measures to boost Australia's influence in the Pacific
  39. Democrats take House at US midterm elections, but Republicans keep Senate; Labor well ahead in Victoria
  40. Andrew Giles on the growing issue of loneliness
  41. It's not quite a 'red wave', but the US midterms show the power of Trump's divisive messages
  42. Will the arrival of El Niño mean fewer mosquitoes this summer?
  43. No butts – it’s time to help people with mental health conditions quit smoking
  44. Why Scott Morrison's white, male music playlists matter
  45. Let's not focus on graduate incomes when assessing the worth of education
  46. Morrison and Shorten reveal their positions on key foreign policy questions
  47. Are there living things on different galaxies?
  48. Why we should worry less about retirement
  49. If we're serious about supporting working families, here are three policies we need to enact now
  50. 69 pharmaceuticals found in invertebrates living in Melbourne's streams

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