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West of Sunshine's father-and-son story is endearing, but too short

  • Written by: Alicia Byrnes, PhD Candidate and Sessional Tutor, Screen and Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne
West of Sunshine's father-and-son story is endearing, but too shortDamian Hill plays Jim, a dad looking after his son. Youtube

In the second act of Jason Raftopolous’s endearing but slight drama West of Sunshine, estranged dad and hopeless gambler, Jim (Damian Hill), gives his tween son, Alex (Ty Perham, Hill’s real-life stepson), a lesson in blackjack.

“Lucky we’re not playing for...

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The gender gap in Australia’s hate speech laws

  • Written by: Laura Griffin, Lecturer, La Trobe University
The gender gap in Australia’s hate speech lawsAnti-discrimination laws specifically cover gender, but the same is not true for many hate speech statutes in Australia.Shutterstock

Stronger hate speech laws came into effect in New South Wales last week, which make it a crime to publicly threaten or incite violence towards another person or group on the basis of race, religion, sexual...

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Coalition slumps to 55-45 deficit in Ipsos, and large swing to federal Labor in Queensland

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Coalition slumps to 55-45 deficit in Ipsos, and large swing to federal Labor in QueenslandThe latest Fairfax Ipsos poll has brought bad news for Malcolm Turnbul - and good news for Bill Shorten.AAP/Lukas Coch

This week’s Fairfax Ipsos poll, conducted August 15-18 from a sample of 1,200, gave Labor a landslide 55-45 lead, a four-point gain for Labor since late July. Primary votes were 35% Labor (up one), 33% Coalition (down six),...

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different building designs could lessen future damage

  • Written by: Graeme MacRae, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Massey University
different building designs could lessen future damageA 6.9 magnitude earthquake led to the collapse of thousands of houses in the northern parts of the Indonesian island of Lombok.Adi Weda / AAP, CC BY-SA

The series of earthquakes in North Lombok and others further east goes on. But hopefully the worst is over and the intensity will recede from now.

Hundreds of people have been killed and a lot more...

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