Australian Vernacular Photography offers a look at our reality
By Molly Glassey, The Conversation
Opening this week, Art Gallery NSW’s latest exhibition, Australian Vernacular Photography, explores the Australian photographic landscape of the late 20th...
King hits: young men, masculinity and violence
By Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney
The recent outcry in Sydney about “alcohol-fuelled violence” has many people asking whether young men are out of control,...
End of Tasmania’s forest peace deal heralds more uncertainty
By Russell Warman, University of Tasmania
Tasmania’s parliament yesterday passed new forestry laws to undo the state’s forest “peace” deal. The laws are the most...
Victorian forestry is definitely not ecologically sustainable
By David Lindenmayer, Australian National University
By any scientific yardstick, forestry operations in Victoria cannot be regarded as ecologically sustainable. Much of the attention of...
Artificial photosynthesis could extend rights to nature
By Thomas Faunce, Australian National University
Should ecosystems have legally enforceable rights? It might sound like a ridiculous idea, but a global debate on this...
Careful who you chat with: it could turn you into a criminal
By Luke McNamara, University of Wollongong
Next time you strike up a conversation at your local coffee shop, have a chat in the pub after...
There’s more to education than spelling and numbers
By Sue Roffey, University of Western Sydney
Headlines in newspapers on Monday morning said much of the curriculum review has been welcomed across Australia. The...
Cool to be a nerd: why the highly educated Australian Sochi team?
By Martin Doulton, Monash University
The Australian team currently gathered in Sochi, Russia for the Winter Games is probably the most highly educated team of...
