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Instagram is changing the way we experience art, and that's a good thing

  • Written by: Adam Suess, PhD candidate in Education, Griffith University
Instagram is changing the way we experience art, and that's a good thingAn Instagram post from Gerhard Richter's exhibition at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. Instagram/@gracie_yu

With 800 million users and growing, it was perhaps inevitable that Instagram would shake up the art world. The social photo platform has been accused by the media of fanning a narcissistic selfie culture. But in galleries, research is...

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Governments have no excuse for keeping public in the dark on public housing deals

  • Written by: Matthew Palm, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Research Network, University of Melbourne
Governments have no excuse for keeping public in the dark on public housing dealsPrime inner-city land, such as the Flemington estate, is being sold to developers to build new housing, but the public lacks basic details about these deals.Artist's impression, Victorian government

The Transforming Housing research network recently held a workshop on how the Victorian government can maximise the social benefits of its Public...

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Why a first strike option on North Korea is a very bad idea

  • Written by: Andrew O'Neil, Dean and Professor of Political Science, Griffith University
Why a first strike option on North Korea is a very bad ideaUnification flags hang on a military fence near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea.Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

The prospect of South Korean and North Korean athletes marching together under a “unification” flag at this month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics signifies a brief respite in tensions rather than...

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Expect 2018 to be a year of rewards : Prime Minister Turnbull

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

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will hold out the prospect of 2018 as a year of “rewards” after 2016 and 2017 were “the years of reform”, in a scene-setting speech delivered in the regional Queensland city of Toowoomba on Thursday.

Two days after Opposition leader Bill Shorten focused on cost of living pressures, flat wages...

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  7. Curious Kids: Why can I sometimes see the Moon in the daytime?
  8. Acting out, acting their age or something more serious? Dealing with difficult behaviour in children
  9. Far from white-washing, ABC's Monkey Magic remake takes us back to its cross-cultural roots
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  11. Cities policy goes regional
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  13. View from the Hill: Shorten targets hip pocket pain, but prescriptions yet to come
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  17. What the Coincheck hack tells us about how Australian regulators will handle a cryptocurrency hack
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  19. Zelda Fitzgerald: a creative voice curtailed who speaks to our cultural moment
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  21. Climate scientists explore hidden ocean beneath Antarctica's largest ice shelf
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  24. Cool Britannia: TV drama doesn’t capture the story being unearthed of the Roman invasion
  25. How virtual 3D modelling and simulation can help us create better cities
  26. Yes means yes: moving to a different model of consent for sexual interactions
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  36. Asia is set for a difficult year in 2018 – much of it centred around China
  37. How 'slow science' can improve the way we do and interpret research
  38. Award to Michelle Simmons reflects strategic importance of quantum physics for Australia
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