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Selective schools increasingly cater to the most advantaged students

  • Written by: Christina Ho, Senior Lecturer & Discipline Coordinator, Social & Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
imageHow accessible really are selective schools?from www.shutterstock.com

This week in New South Wales, thousands of Year 6 students will sit the selective schools test, hoping to gain entry to one of these top performing high schools.

In 2016, selective schools made up eight of the top ten schools in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) leaderboard.

This...

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Banning orders won't solve alcohol-fuelled violence – but they can be part of the solution

  • Written by: Renee Zahnow, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland
imageIn Queensland, police can issue on-the-spot ten-day banning orders to patrons who engage in violent or anti-social behaviour in and around licensed venues.AAP/Dan Peled

The majority of initiatives introduced to tackle alcohol-related violence in Australia involve limiting alcohol service through licensing, responsible service laws, last-drinks...

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Here's Looking at: Brook Andrew's Sexy and dangerous

  • Written by: Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia
imageDetail of Brook Andrew, Sexy and dangerous 1996. courtesy National Gallery of Victoria

The young warrior looks out at us, his gaze averted. Dressed in his elegant headgear, a rod through his nose and his hair braided, he is photographed naked to the waist. His body decorations in bold white, suggestive of war paint – including one ominously...

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