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Community action can save cultural heritage
Hannah Robertson | April 11, 2021Community-led research brings together cultural, economic and environmental considerations for a unique design collaboration on Olkola Country in Queensland.
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The path leads to the sun
Brent Landau | April 4, 2021As Christians celebrate Easter, the familiar sights of the Easter bunny and Easter eggs recall the holiday’s ancient origins before the Christian tradition.
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Do copyright laws really protect the work of artists?
Dawn Lo | March 29, 2021Copyright is much more than a creator’s private property right or a mechanism through which corporations control cultural production and influence mass consumption choices, says cultural law expert.
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F is for fake – and fortune
Alan Stevenson | March 26, 2021Art forgery has been a lucrative trade down the ages, but do its victims only have their own greed to blame?
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Mark Nicol’s Counterpoint – The new intellectual pedigree – The school of the fourth age
Mark Nicol | March 15, 2021Dropping any pretence of academic rigour, social science has been turned into a tool of social progressives, and a new philosophy exploring man’s place in nature is required.
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Counterpoint by Mark Nicol – What if versus what Is
Mark Nicol | February 22, 2021The Western liberal tradition, and current progressive movements, are proving inadequate in the face of the existential environmental threat to the human species.
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Arvanitakis on Education: The power of art – reflections on the Precious Treasures exhibition
James Arvanitakis | February 13, 2021At a time of increasing political and economic tension between China and Australia, art retains the power to build personal bridges and foster cultural understanding.
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I hear what you say – How the Aussie accent is changing
Edwin Maher | January 29, 2021Online work has forced us all to speak more clearly, but the ongoing evolution of Australian accents heard in politics, entertainment and the media over time exemplifies the wider social and demographic changes which are shaping this country’s multicultural future.
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Solving the world’s problems requires collective courage
William Cox | January 20, 2021A new year usually begins fresh with optimism and the idea that we can begin anew. Choosing a courageous mindset is an important part of maintaining the stamina to face the challenges ahead.
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Counterpoint by Mark Nicol – Gen-2D
Mark Nicol | January 12, 2021People’s dependence on their mobile phones, and society’s reliance on integrated information systems, has not only eroded individual self-reliance but left the free world vulnerable to virtual attack from its enemies.
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Remembering Indigenous figures in Australian history
Open Forum | January 6, 2021The role played by an aboriginal woman called Turandurey and her daughter Ballandella in an early colonial expedition are among 25 new biographies published by the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
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Counterpoint by Mark Nicol – Stop press! The fourth estate – service or farce?
Mark Nicol | January 4, 2021The invention of the printing press heralded a revolution in human communications, but the nation’s newspapers are being left behind in the age of the Internet, and Open Forum columnist Mark Nicol is less than impressed with their current standard of ownership and content.