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Lisa Reihana's Emissaries is a vital retelling of colonial history

  • Written by: Jane Lydon, Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, University of Western Australia
Lisa Reihana's Emissaries is a vital retelling of colonial historyStill from Lisa Reihana, in Pursuit of Venus [infected] (detail), 2015–17, ultra HD video, colour, sound, 64mins. Courtesy the artist and New Zealand at Venice.

When Captain Cook embarked on his voyages across the world in the 18th century he encountered Indigenous peoples throughout the Pacific, including those who lived in the lands that...

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how elite schools are struggling with the pressure to excel

  • Written by: Howard Prosser, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University
how elite schools are struggling with the pressure to excelTrinity's students, parents and alumni are seething after the sacking of longstanding deputy headmaster.@GenevieveAlison/Twitter

Recent reports of tensions in Melbourne’s Trinity Grammar school are indicative of the pressure elite schools are facing to excel in all areas of education.

Trinity’s students, parents and alumni are seething...

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Pensioners would retain cash refunds on franked dividends under Labor backdown

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Labor has capitulated to pressure to exempt pensioners from its plan to end cash refunds for dividend imputation credits – a concession that would shave only A$700 million off its large projected savings over the forward estimates.

The “pensioner guarantee” would mean more than 300,000 full and part-pensioners, and people on...

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Why China is a leader in intellectual property (and what the US has to do with it)

  • Written by: Alice de Jonge, Senior Lecturer, International Law; Asian Business Law, Monash University
Why China is a leader in intellectual property (and what the US has to do with it)

United States President Donald Trump is not the first to complain about intellectual property (IP) theft by Chinese companies but ironically it was US companies’ use of China’s resources that led to the development of its powerhouse of patents.

In the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, western firms like Apple and Intel made large...

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  2. The day Australian cricket lost its integrity and a country reacted with shock and anger
  3. How birth interventions affect babies' health in the short and long term
  4. Future 'ocean cities' need green engineering above and below the waterline
  5. Full response from a spokesperson for Paul Fletcher for a FactCheck on electricity prices and renewable energy policy
  6. are South Australia's high electricity prices 'the consequence' of renewable energy policy?
  7. Australia should steer clear of the sanction fight between the US and China
  8. satirist Armando Iannucci on The Death of Stalin
  9. Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin reveals the anxieties of team Putin
  10. why ball tampering is cheating
  11. The off-topic Conversation #157
  12. how some NZ brands are shortchanging domestic customers
  13. Coalition trails 47-53% in 29th consecutive Newspoll loss
  14. Should lab-grown meat be labelled as meat when it's available for sale?
  15. You're paying too much for electricity, but here's what the states can do about it
  16. Sexual harassment is too much – and not enough – about sex
  17. Is it true that male seahorses give birth?
  18. Low attendance in Year 7 may mean you're less likely to finish school
  19. Your asthma puffer is probably contributing to climate change, but there's a better alternative
  20. Is it a surprise women aren't keen on investing when the stock market language is so male oriented?
  21. what are authorities so afraid of?
  22. Vikings exhibit hangs up the sword, and gives us a welcome insight into domestic life
  23. Some 'bloody' rocket science gives Pacific Rim Uprising an extra lift
  24. Michelle Grattan on musical chairs in the Senate
  25. Not getting a social licence to operate can be a costly mistake, as coal seam gas firms have found
  26. My Favourite Album: Dead Letter Circus’s Aesthesis
  27. Post-truth politics and why the antidote isn't simply 'fact-checking' and truth
  28. Google and Facebook cosy up to media companies in response to the threat of regulation
  29. Native forest protections are deeply flawed, yet may be in place for another 20 years
  30. The way banks are organised makes it hard to hold directors and executives criminally responsible
  31. why our complexion is so important to us
  32. How lowering the voting age to 16 could save democracy
  33. if you really, truly need a new phone, buy one with replaceable parts
  34. New Queensland planning law puts transparency and accountability at risk
  35. Are the major parties on the nose and minors on the march? It's not that simple
  36. Email culture to blame for workplace failure on #MeToo
  37. My dyslexic perspective on academia – and how I found science communication
  38. why early childhood educators are walking out
  39. what happens to our skin as we age?
  40. can art really make a difference?
  41. New players in "Bradbury" Senate a gift to government's company tax cut prospects
  42. We need to talk about the data we give freely of ourselves online and why it's useful
  43. Australia should strengthen its privacy laws and remove exemptions for politicians
  44. Even if you were the last rhino on Earth – why populations can't be saved by a single breeding pair
  45. Catholic schools aren't all the same, and Gonski 2.0 reflects this
  46. Why the public isn't allowed to know specifics about the George Pell case
  47. An exploding creative economy shows innovation policy shouldn't focus only on STEM
  48. Akram Khan and telling historical truths through dance
  49. the health implications of returning to a bushfire zone
  50. Embracing multicultural voices can lead to a more democratic future

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