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Here's looking at: Dibirdibi Country – Topway by Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori

  • Written by: Ian McLean, Senior Research Professor of Contemporary Art, University of Wollongong
imageDetail of Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country – Topway 2016 Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Collection Image courtesy Alcaston Gallery © The Estate of the Artist and Viscopy Australia

The names of Indigenous artists are often as revealing as the names of their paintings. Traditionally Indigenous...

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The off-topic Conversation #101

  • Written by: Cory Zanoni, Community Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Just how representative are the houses of parliament of how Australians vote?

  • Written by: Tim Trudgian, Research Fellow in Mathematics, Australian National University
imageThere is a clear disparity between the support of a party, in terms of popular vote, and parliamentary seats won.AAP/Mick Tsikas

How representative are Australia’s elected representatives of the population as a whole? There is a clear disparity between the support of a party, in terms of popular vote, and seats won, in the results of the 2016...

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