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The high costs of our destructive coup culture

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

Australia’s “coup culture” has become so entrenched that it now holds serious dangers for our democracy. Not that the politicians seem to give a damn. For all the talk of “listening” and being “on your side” the voters have once again been treated as little more than a gullible audience for a low-grade...

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Sarah Kane's controversial 1990s play Blasted feels prescient in the #MeToo era

  • Written by: Jana Perkovic, Sessional lecturer and researcher, University of Melbourne
Sarah Kane's controversial 1990s play Blasted feels prescient in the #MeToo eraDavid Woods and Eloise Mignon in the Malthouse's production of Blasted. Photo Pia Johnson

Review: Blasted, Malthouse Theatre.


Playwright Sarah Kane was an “honorary lad” in in-yer-face drama that dominated the 1990s in Britain. Hers was one of few female voices in the testosterone-heavy genre, as well as one of its most prominent, even...

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How augmented reality may one day make music a visual, interactive experience

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling
How augmented reality may one day make music a visual, interactive experienceCould music one day be something we experience through augmented reality, responding to the way we move through the world? Sound supplemented with colours and shapes? Mavis Wong/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA

You probably heard your first strains of music when you were in utero. From then on it’s helped you learn, helped you relax, hyped...

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Court opens door to domestic violence victim to sue police for negligence

  • Written by: Mandy Shircore, Associate Professor, James Cook University, James Cook University
Court opens door to domestic violence victim to sue police for negligenceIn refusing to strike out Smith’s claim, the court has accepted that it is arguable police could owe a common law duty of care to specific victims of domestic violence to protect them from preventable harm.AAP/James Ross

This week the Victorian Supreme Court refused an application by the State of Victoria to strike out a claim by Tara Smith...

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  13. Planned closures of charter schools in New Zealand prompt debate about Māori self-determination
  14. Australian science at the 2018 Eureka Prizes
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  20. With Bishop gone, Morrison and Payne face significant challenges on foreign policy
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