Arts News
April 2012
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Behind the European debt crisis
30 April 2012
The European Union's top representative in Australia will join leading political researchers to discuss the region's sovereign debt crisis at a unique panel discussion this week.
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A novel view of Gallipoli
26 April 2012
In the lead up to the centenary of Anzac Day in 2015, a first-time novelist challenges the way we view Gallipoli, interweaving fact and fiction to recreate the most dramatic moments of the campaign.
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Anzac Amnesia: ‘In our rush to remember we run the danger of forgetting’
25 April 2012
In April 1917, ‘An Anzac Correspondent’ penned a letter to the London Times. It began by recreating the first terrible moments of the Landing in Gallipoli.
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East Timor: new President, same problems for women
25 April 2012
The recent election of José Maria de Vasconcelos, or Taur Matan Ruak as he is known, to the Presidency of Timor-Leste is not good news for women in that country.
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Labor’s uncomfortable Slipper affair
24 April 2012
Just as Prime Minister Gillard thought she could focus on the upcoming budget, fraud and sexual harassment allegations levelled at the Speaker of the House of Representatives have again put her government to be on the back foot.
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Give young the freedom to engage with Anzac tradition
24 April 2012
What exactly do young Australians need to be taught about Anzac Day? And why is there an assumption that they struggle to understand this “real meaning” of Anzac Day?
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Where does Anzac Day fit in a culturally diverse Australia?
23 April 2012
It wouldn’t be an Anzac Day without some controversy in the lead-up. This year, in addition to the usual debates about militarism and myth-making, there has been the question of multiculturalism.
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Lest we forget
18 April 2012
Historians will attend Anzac Day ceremonies throughout Australia and around the world to document the changing significance of Australia’s national day of remembrance.
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Therapy reduces the risk of Parkinson's disease
17 April 2012
A major study has found that people living with diabetes can reduce the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease if they combine the use of two individual therapies in the management of their condition.
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Brown’s Green legacy
16 April 2012
The resignation of Bob Brown from the Senate is a significant moment for the Australian Greens as a political party. Brown’s achievements in public life were many, but perhaps his greatest legacy was in creating the Australian Greens.
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A battle beyond belief
12 April 2012
Secular views ruled decades ago, so why are New Atheists acting like the underdogs?
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Shipwreck to give up its history
11 April 2012
The secrets of the deep will be uncovered when archaeologists excavate a significant colonial shipwreck in Victoria's Port Phillip Bay later this month.
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A moral argument against the war on drugs
5 April 2012
A zero-tolerance approach to a crime like taking drugs must always fail, in the same way as a zero-tolerance approach to alcohol, prostitution or drugs in sport will always fail.
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Decline in sciences a long term problem
3 April 2012
The current stagnation in Australian science enrolments, identified in a recent report for Australia's Chief Scientist, is compounding declines in key disciplines during the 1990s, according to the author.
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Renowned musician strikes academic chord
2 April 2012
A distinguished guitar and lute virtuoso, inspiring teacher, and internationally recognised scholar of Spanish and Italian Renaissance and Baroque music has accepted a position at Monash University.
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