Arts News
February 2013
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Fines not fair for vulnerable
28 February 2013
Despite recent amendments, Victoria’s infringement system does not adequately consider the circumstances of disadvantaged and vulnerable people, new research has revealed.
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'As a matter of fact, I’ve got it now’: alcohol advertising and sport
27 February 2013
Sport is generally a healthy activity that transmits important societal values, such as fairness, perseverance, and teamwork. Unfortunately, it’s also the primary vehicle for marketing alcohol to the general population.
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The end of the ALP/Green alliance is all sound and fury
26 February 2013
The termination of the ALP/Green alliance has been characterised by some sections of themedia and the commentariat as a “divorce”.
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Making the most of orientation
25 February 2013
Orientation Week (or O'Week) at Monash University begins on Monday 25 February.
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An exposé of the ‘honeymoon killer’ case
25 February 2013
Researchers investigate the contentious handling of the ‘honeymoon killer’ case by the Queensland and Alabama legal systems in their new book A Second Chance for Justice.
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Swim stars must look to Talbot era
22 February 2013
Reviving the Australian swimming team to the heights of the golden era under Don Talbot's reign will take years and significant corporate and government money.
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Government didn’t walk away from the Greens, but Milne needed to ditch Labor
20 February 2013
Greens leader Christine Milne’s announcement yesterday that the alliance between the Greens and Labor was over had more symbolic than practical implications for Australian politics.
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The Melbourne microcosm: how one seat may define the Green v Labor fight
15 February 2013
The battle for the seat of Melbourne at this year’s federal election will be nothing short of a bruising affair. Melbourne is of enormous symbolic importance to both Labor and the Green Party.
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Ideas without borders
13 February 2013
One of only six scholars worldwide to receive an invitation, Dr Adam Clulow will travel to Princeton University to research the nature of claims to territory and sovereignty in the early modern world.
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Widespread illicit drug use no surprise in win-at-all costs ‘game’
11 February 2013
“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”. This win-at-all costs sports creed, adopted by the Americans, has now crept into the psyche of Australian sport.
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The thinking woman’s philosopher
8 February 2013
A philosophical work long confined to rare book libraries is set to reappear in a modernised edition that may help win the author some of the attention she first enjoyed more than 300 years ago.
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Journalists McKenzie and Baker go unshielded before demands to reveal sources
5 February 2013
Fairfax investigative journalists Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker had a small win in a Melbourne court yesterday.
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John Monash: a remarkable life
5 February 2013
The life and achievements of the man after whom Monash University was named will be the focus of the University’s first Alumni Speaker Series event for 2013.
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Migration increases competition for low-skilled jobs
4 February 2013
New research shows that since 2011, the number of jobs created in Australia was equalled by the number of new migrants who found employment, increasing competition in the jobs market.
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