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Michelle Grattan on the Nine takeover of Fairfax and Super Saturday

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

Michelle Grattan speaks with University of Canberra’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Nicholas Klomp about the week in politics. They discuss Nine Entertainment’s take over of Fairfax media, the issues facing Labor backbencher Emma Husar, likely outcomes for Super Saturday, and the Labor leadership tensions awaiting the by-election outcome.

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capturing our ephemeral history of live performance

  • Written by: Gillian Arrighi, Senior Lecturer in Creative and Performing Arts, University of Newcastle
capturing our ephemeral history of live performanceIvy Emms with the man she married, Jack Bent, on a music catalogue for the song Just a Ray of Sunlight. After performing patriotic songs as a child in popular pantomimes, Emms later worked as a choreographer at Melbourne’s Tivoli Theatre.NLA

In 1825, Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld watched an Aboriginal Dance of Welcome at Newcastle’s East...

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New Zealand's most sacred tree is under threat from disease, but response is slow

  • Written by: Matthew Hall, Associate Director, Research Services, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand's most sacred tree is under threat from disease, but response is slowTāne Mahuta is New Zealand's most sacred tree, but its days will be numbered if it is infected with kauri dieback disease.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-SA

Tāne Mahuta is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest living being – but the 45m tall, 2,500-year-old kauri tree is under severe threat from a devastating disease.

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Why Australia should face civil lawsuits over soldier misdeeds in Afghanistan

  • Written by: Tim Matthews, Sessional Academic, Law School, University of Sydney

For the past two years, Paul Brereton, a New South Wales Supreme Court judge and Army Reserve major general, has been conducting an investigation into the conduct of members of the SAS in Afghanistan. While the findings are not yet known, leaks from within the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have suggested that as many as five cases involving...

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