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Where Australia's great theatre artists trod the boards: 50 years of Melbourne's La Mama theatre

  • Written by: Denise Varney, Professor of Theatre Studies and co-director of the Australian Centre in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
imageDiscontinuities, a triple bill staged at La Mama in 2002. La Mama

When Betty Burstall returned to Australia in 1967 after two years in New York with her husband, the artist Doug Kirwan, she missed the little places where you “paid 50 cents for a cup of coffee and you saw a performance”. After talking to a few local actors, directors...

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The Gateway Bug: a documentary about the future of food

  • Written by: Susan Lawler, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University
imageTerese Pagh eating a banana flavoured eXo Protein bar made out of cricket powder.provded by The Gateway Bug

I’ve had the privilege of getting a sneak preview of a movie called The Gateway Bug, which is a documentary about feeding humanity in an uncertain age. It will be shown in Melbourne next weekend as part of the Melbourne Documentary...

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When Trump met Putin, and how the Russian won the day

  • Written by: Kumuda Simpson, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
imageThe much-anticipated meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump finally took place at the G20 summit in Hamburg.Reuters/Carlos Barria

It was the meeting we’ve all been waiting for. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday during the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany.

The key question was whether Trump or...

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The Great Barrier Reef isn't listed as 'in danger' – but it's still in big trouble

  • Written by: James Watson, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland

In a somewhat surprising decision, UNESCO ruled this week that the Great Barrier Reef – one of the Earth’s great natural wonders – should not be listed as “World Heritage in Danger”.

The World Heritage Committee praised the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan, and the federal minister for the environment, Josh...

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  1. Renewed commitment to multilateralism required to deal with forced human displacement
  2. The G20's new guidelines will help investors tackle climate change
  3. Explainer: is a High Court challenge about to bring down the Turnbull government?
  4. Private clinics' peddling of unproven stem cell treatments is unsafe and unethical
  5. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on infighting in the Liberal Party
  6. It's not the science of tax, and five other things you should know about taxonomy
  7. Impending traffic chaos? Beware the problematic West Gate Tunnel forecasts
  8. Book review: The Death of Expertise
  9. Electronic games: how much is too much for kids?
  10. Vital Signs: the RBA was right to keep rates on hold
  11. A new approach to emissions trading in a post-Paris climate
  12. Forget cash: geocaching shows there are other ways to create value online
  13. Friday essay: double standards and derision – tracing our attitudes to older women and beauty
  14. Migrants are healthier than the average Australian, so they can't be a burden on the health system
  15. A busy week on the dark web highlight darknet markets' increasing role in crime
  16. Grattan on Friday: Everything's going Bill Shorten's way
  17. Labor motion on Palestinian recognition could put the Jewish vote in play at the next election
  18. Australia's dry June is a sign of what's to come
  19. Why the climate is more sensitive to carbon dioxide than weather records suggest
  20. Explainer: what is ballistic missile defence – and would it stop a missile from North Korea?
  21. Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing
  22. Vivacious and unapologetic, The Rover's 17th-century feminism is painfully pertinent
  23. The G20’s economic leadership deficit
  24. Wayne Rooney for Everton
  25. What income inequality looks like across Australia
  26. Don't worry about the huge Antarctic iceberg – worry about the glaciers behind it
  27. How Angela Merkel has become – and remains – one of the world's most successful political leaders
  28. The Australian palaeodiet: which native animals should we eat?
  29. Satellites reveal melting of rocks under volcanic zone, deep in Earth's mantle
  30. Brisbane's Cross River Rail will feed the centre at the expense of people in the suburbs
  31. The great movie scenes: Steven Spielberg's Jaws
  32. Viewpoints: should euthanasia be available for people with existential suffering?
  33. After the Medicare breach, we should be cautious about moving our health records online
  34. E-cigarettes are some young people's training wheels for smoking. Here's the evidence
  35. Leaky Liberals spill the beans again
  36. Axing the Walkley for international reporting: another nail in the coffin
  37. Suburbs 'swamped' by Asians and Muslims? The data show a different story
  38. Three charts on: the changing face of Australian union members
  39. The West's hyperbole on North Korea will only fuel Kim Jong-un's propaganda
  40. Doctors and nurses can't always tell if someone's drunk or on drugs, and misdiagnosis can be dangerous
  41. Spider-Man: Homecoming spins a web of fact and fantasy
  42. Curious Kids: why do some people find some foods yummy but others find the same foods yucky?
  43. What the rise of daily fantasy sports will mean for problem gambling
  44. City planning suffers growth pains of Australia's population boom
  45. How to tell when the housing market is slowing
  46. Read, listen, understand: why non-Indigenous Australians should read First Nations writing
  47. Jukurrpa-kurlu Yapa-kurlangu-kurlu
  48. Surgery to make intersex children 'normal' should be banned
  49. Land clearing isn't just about trees – it's an animal welfare issue too
  50. SA Galaxy: 50-50 tie. Labor, Greens gain in Essential

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