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rediscovering the genesis of a film classic

  • Written by: Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
rediscovering the genesis of a film classicFor the film's 40th anniversary, director Francis Ford Coppola has unveiled Apocalypse Now: Final Cut.

The ocean rushes below as suddenly the LOUDSPEAKERS BLARE out Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries.

So reads the screenplay for the 1979 war movie Apocalypse Now. It describes the sequence in which a squadron of American helicopters blasts Wagner...

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Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in Tasmania

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Richard Eccleston on the electoral mood in TasmaniaEccleston says fisherman Craig Garland could have a shot at winning a Senate seat.Facebook

University of Tasmania political science professor, Richard Eccleston, says a lack of a coherent energy policy could count against the Coalition in the island state.

“The party which seems to offer the more compelling commitment to climate change and...

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Labor's election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just 'consideration'

  • Written by: Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University
Labor's election pledge to improve Australian diets is a first – now we need action, not just 'consideration'Australia's problem with obesity is directly related to the junk foods we consume.From Shutterstock.com

Last week Labor pledged to consider serious steps to improve Australian diets and tackle our obesity epidemic. This would form part of a A$115.6 million plan from the Opposition to address preventable illness.

This is the first time one of the two...

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  2. Endgame and why a smaller population doesn't guarantee paradise
  3. Greens on track for stability, rather than growth, this election
  4. After a dark decade for Australia's regional newspapers, a hopeful light flickers
  5. Newspoll and Ipsos have contrasting leaders' ratings trends; Abbott trails in Warringah
  6. Curious Kids: what is brain freeze?
  7. Lots of ministry spots to fill if Morrison wins, while many Shorten ministers would return to a familiar cabinet room
  8. Why Labor's childcare policy is the biggest economic news of the election campaign
  9. David Anderson's appointment as ABC managing director is a relief and will further steady the broadcaster
  10. Nearly 2 out of 3 nursing homes are understaffed. These 10 charts explain why aged care is in crisis
  11. Why the Reserve Bank shouldn't (but might) cut interest rates on Tuesday
  12. Almost every Australian teacher has been bullied by students or their parents, and it's taking a toll
  13. Six ways robots are used today that you probably didn't know about
  14. Leigh Sales, ordinary days and crafting empathy ‘between the lines’
  15. Don't forget the footpath – it's vital public space
  16. Sit! Seek! Fly! Scientists train dogs to sniff out endangered insects
  17. New Zealand's well-being approach to budget is not new, but could shift major issues
  18. Labor ahead in Newspoll and Ipsos, as Keating comments stir security issue
  19. Shorten presents the ‘case for change’ in sleek launch
  20. Money for hospital emergency departments in Shorten’s campaign launch
  21. Bill Shorten at ease in town hall-type forum
  22. Morrison and Shorten get punchy in the second leaders' debate. Our experts respond.
  23. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on candidate troubles
  24. What a local newspaper means to a regional city like Newcastle
  25. We've detected new gravitational waves, we just don't know where they come from (yet)
  26. Tampa and the national security election of 2001
  27. how do babies learn to talk?
  28. Puckish charm and no politicians: the 2019 Archibald Prize
  29. The tasty, weed-like desert raisin plant is as big as a carpark
  30. local voices on how the 1973 Aquarius Festival changed a town forever
  31. the dramatic and inglorious fall of Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  32. Julian Assange has refused to surrender himself for extradition to the US. What now?
  33. Leaders try to dodge them. Voters aren't watching. So, are debates still relevant?
  34. Fixing the gap between Labor's greenhouse gas goals and their policies
  35. more preference deals as pre-polling begins
  36. It's not clear where human rights fit in the legal ruling on athlete Caster Semenya
  37. managing type 2 diabetes during Ramadan
  38. How hard is it to say 'no' to drugs?
  39. How to increase train use by up to 35% with one simple trick
  40. policies come and policies go, but surely we shouldn't be subsidising inheritances
  41. $20 billion per year. That's how much higher superannuation could take from wages
  42. Pacific countries score well in media freedom index, but reality is far worse
  43. A guide to ensure everyone plays by the same military rules in space: the Woomera Manual
  44. Friday essay: networked hatred - new technology and the rise of the right
  45. We need to treat borderline personality disorder for what it really is – a response to trauma
  46. Labor wants to keep climate debate in the clouds
  47. Blockchain can help break the chains of modern slavery, but it is not a complete solution
  48. UK becomes first country to declare a 'climate emergency'
  49. Young people won't accept inaction on climate change, and they'll be voting in droves
  50. what does Clive Palmer actually want?

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