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Why was Tony Abbott so unpopular?

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imageTony Abbott remained at consistently low levels of approval throughout his time as prime minister.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Malcolm Turnbull has enjoyed some excellent polls since becoming prime minister. The man he replaced, Tony Abbott, remained consistently at low levels. So why has Turnbull proven to be so popular?

This is an even greater puzzle when it...

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Barely hanging on: Woyzeck at the Sydney Festival

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imageGerman director Jette Steckel has bought an urgent, vivid and highly phyiscal version of Woyzeck to the Sydney Festival. Woyzeck, Sydney Festival 2016.

Written in 1836 by German playwright, activist, scientist and medical doctor Georg Büchner, Woyzeck is generally regarded as the first social drama in German literature.

A dramatic fragment of...

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What does it mean to think and could a machine ever do it?

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imageCan a machine really think, be in awe and wonder?Shutterstock/Photobymhu

The idea of a thinking machine is an amazing one. It would be like humans creating artificial life, only more impressive because we would be creating consciousness. Or would we?

It’s tempting to think that a machine that could think would think like us. But a bit of...

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