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Starstruck charts a nation's transformation via a century of film stills

  • Written by: Christine Judith Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in Australian Studies, Flinders University
Starstruck charts a nation's transformation via a century of film stillsGeoffrey Rush as Basil Hunter on a ferry near Luna Park Sydney in Fred Schepsi's The Eye of the Storm (2011). Matt Nettheim

A major thematic exhibition showcasing more than 280 film stills, costumes and casting books is on display in Adelaide. Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits, co-curated by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and...

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Travelling overseas? What to do if a border agent demands access to your digital device

  • Written by: Katina Michael, Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society & School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
Travelling overseas? What to do if a border agent demands access to your digital deviceNew laws enacted in New Zealand give customs agents the right to search your phone.Shutterstock

New laws enacted in New Zealand this month give border agents the right to demand travellers entering the country hand over passwords for their digital devices. We outline what you should do if it happens to you, in the first part of a series exploring...

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VET needs support to rebuild its role in getting disadvantaged groups into education and work

  • Written by: Linda Simon, Teacher in adult and vocational education, Charles Sturt University
VET needs support to rebuild its role in getting disadvantaged groups into education and workThe vocational education sector has an important role to play in social inclusion of disadvantaged groups in learning and work.www.shutterstock.com

This article is part of a series on the Future of VET exploring issues within the sector and how to overcome the decline in enrolments and shortages of qualified people in vocational jobs. Read the...

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View from The Hill: The uncivil Mr Jones

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

The row over shock jock Alan Jones and what will be displayed on the Sydney Opera House sails about The Everest horse race involves two sets of issues.

One is around whether it is appropriate to use this Sydney icon as an advertising hoarding.

The other is the appalling, but typical, behaviour of Jones and the weak, but probably not surprising,...

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  8. Michelle Grattan on Labor's election focused policies and the government's new GST formula
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