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Australian arts need a stimulus package. Here is what it should look like

  • Written by: Ben Eltham, Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
Australian arts need a stimulus package. Here is what it should look likePrudence Upton/Sydney Writers Festival

In 1606, Shakespeare and his company bolted the doors of the Globe Theatre and fled London as bubonic plague led to a total shutdown of theatres.

Now we know what it must have felt like.

The sudden implosion of Australia’s performing arts sector in recent days has been breathtaking.

Everything I’m...

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Why haven't the Olympics been cancelled from coronavirus? That's the A$20bn question

  • Written by: Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Why haven't the Olympics been cancelled from coronavirus? That's the A$20bn questionVASSILIS PSOMAS/EPA

In American sports, the term “shutout” is usually associated with a comprehensive victory over an opposition that has failed to score. Last week, the spread of the coronavirus was such that it almost secured a shutout of sporting events globally.

Almost.

As many parts of the world move to self-isolation, the...

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Why NZ's tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the Pacific

  • Written by: Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
Why NZ's tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the PacificShutterstock

New Zealand’s border restrictions will come with significant job and business losses in the tourism sector, both at home and in the Pacific. But the new travel rules are absolutely necessary to protect the health of New Zealanders and people right across Pacific Islands, because New Zealand is a gateway country for many...

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old books hold new insights for the digital generation

  • Written by: Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama) ANU, Australian National University
old books hold new insights for the digital generationSophie Elvis/Unsplash

Every year about 150 students enrol in the introductory English literature course at the Australian National University, which I teach. The course includes works by Shakespeare, Austen, Woolf and Dickens.

I know what these books did for me as a student twenty years ago, but times have changed. I am curious to discover what...

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  15. an incisive global perspective on deeper crises
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  34. Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown
  35. Air-dropping poisoned meat to kill bush predators hasn't worked in the past, and it's unlikely to help now
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