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Take heart, charity stunts can make CEOs better people

  • Written by: Jacki Montgomery, Lecturer, Advertising and Media, Western Sydney University

Thousands of CEOs across the country will sleep “rough” tonight to raise money for homelessness. But is one night of sleeping rough enough to truly empathise with those who do it every night? And are CEOs who take part in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout just doing it as a self-serving PR stunt?

It’s easy to be cynical about fundraising...

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Bangarra's Dark Emu is beautiful, but lacks the punch of its source material

  • Written by: Justine Shih Pearson, Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney
Bangarra's Dark Emu is beautiful, but lacks the punch of its source materialDancers perform in Bangarra's premiere production of Dark Emu. Daniel Boud

Review: Dark Emu


Lights come up on an orb receding back in space, an echo perhaps taking us back in time, or into the cosmos, into the dreaming to the Emu in the Sky. Dancers, in groupings of three or five, move stage right to left, undulating up from the ground and wavering...

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The great irony in punishing universities for 'failing' to uphold freedom of speech

  • Written by: Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland

Liberal Senator James Paterson recently called for universities to be punished if they fail to uphold the values of intellectual freedom and free speech. He said fringe academics in universities are “an angry minority” who are “hell-bent on enforcing [their] ideological hegemony”.

The punishment he envisages is the...

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New river council will give traditional owners in the Kimberley a unified voice

  • Written by: Sue Jackson, Professor, ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University
New river council will give traditional owners in the Kimberley a unified voiceThe Fitzroy River in flood in 2017. Luke Bevan

Traditional owners in Western Australia’s Kimberley region have formed a new organisation to help manage the Fitzroy River. The Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council could set a precedent in WA for collaborative planning between government, industry and the native title holders of an entire river...

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  3. Attorney-General Christian Porter on a crowded agenda
  4. As the US leaves the UN Human Rights Council, it may leave more damage in its wake
  5. What will freight and supply chains look like 20 years from now? Experts ponder the scenarios
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  7. Scientists create new building material out of fungus, rice and glass
  8. Do cats and dogs lose baby teeth like people do?
  9. Fossil fish with platypus-like snout shows that coral reefs have long been evolution hotspots
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  11. Turbulence isn't just a science problem
  12. How men are embracing 'clean eating' posts on Instagram
  13. here's what to do if your child has oppositional defiant disorder
  14. Overcrowded housing looms as a challenge for our cities
  15. The politicisation of English language proficiency, not poor English itself, creates barriers
  16. China challenge is the issue of the moment in Australian foreign policy
  17. It's not clear where Trump's 'Space Force' fits within international agreement on peaceful use of space
  18. Could playing Fortnite lead to video game addiction? The World Health Organisation says yes, but others disagree
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  25. rejecting neoliberalism shouldn't mean giving up on social liberalism
  26. Patriarchs on pedestals? How doctors are taught to improve their bedside manner
  27. Creating research value needs more than just science – arts, humanities, social sciences can help
  28. How the Anglican Church has hardened its stance against same-sex marriage
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  32. Clive Palmer's back on the trail, with Brian Burston in tow
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  40. Technology is both a weapon and a shield for those experiencing domestic violence
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  42. To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories
  43. China and India’s border dispute is a slow-moving environmental disaster
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