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The sociology of education got off to a flying start in the 1950s and 1960s: against the prevailing assumption that kids got on well or badly at school according to their “ability,” sociology...
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In 2012 a Canadian man named Dennis Meads walked into an Alberta courtroom carrying a stack of papers he believed would change his life. Change was needed.
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It wasn’t easy to get close to Stephen Sondheim. The composer Mary Rodgers said, “If you walk into a room he’ll ignore you. And if you ignore him, then he’ll come over and say hello.
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Port Vila, Vanuatu’s traffic-clogged yet charming capital city, is aflutter with flags in the week I visit.
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Something really big happened last week in the world of artificial intelligence: Quite suddenly, after several years of relentless and disorienting momentum, the course of rapid AI progress ran...
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Work is not what it was. Does the office even still exist or has it been replaced by teams that could be anywhere?
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When Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport opened in 1970 air travellers welcomed it as a marvel of modern efficiency.
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Headlines for the big show business award ceremonies follow a few basic conventions: the show that sweeps the board; the controversial speech; the breakout newcomer or returning veteran; the...
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The fates of Wile E. Coyote and his raison d’être, potential prey and nemesis, the Road Runner, have been entwined since 1949, when they made their debut as Looney Tunes cartoon characters.
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Are you at a very Chinese time in your life? Or is there more to “becoming Chinese” than buying a Labubu doll, drinking warm water, hopping into a BYD electric car or even joining a group of...
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Prolific and versatile across various continents, Bruce Beresford, as director and sometimes as producer and writer, has been the great craftsman of Australian film.
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After home affairs minister Tony Burke postponed his Press Club speech in early August, the ABC reported he was considering tighter rules for family migration.
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Will the Australian parliament ever debate AUKUS? The latest opportunity came up in April this year, when the Albanese government released its latest National Defence Strategy; its text is yet to...
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Most operas are known as the work of their composers, with the librettist quietly acknowledged, if at all, in the program.
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While sophisticates can smile at the old adage that one should neither a lender nor a borrower be, the notion that one should not be both at the same time — unless one is earning a little margin —...
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As the European summer comes to an end, an intriguing question emerges. Will the record-breaking heat and wildfires that have devastated the continent over the past four months make any difference...
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Tom Griffiths was fourteen when he came across a book by Alice Duncan-Kemp in his school library.
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Lauren Elkin was “born singing.” She sang before she spoke. Naturally musical, but never a prodigy, she became obsessed with musical theatre after her parents took her to see Stephen Sondheim’s...
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“Our vision is that you’ll never know we were here,” says Alcoa’s Warren Sharp. “We want to be an exemplar for mine rehabilitation.” Tall and wiry, Sharp wears safety glasses, a high-vis shirt and...
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Language watchers will have noticed the rise of therapy-speak. Boundaries must be maintained, space must be held, gaslighting must be called out, and triggers, traumas and diagnostic terms abound.
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