Wives were not a part of intellectual life – but sex workers were often seen as having captivating minds, as well as captivating bodies.
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It’s unvaccinated people, not the vaccinated, who are most at risk when unvaccinated people are allowed in shops.
The Rainbow Serpent features in murals across the nation and as an Indigenous fairytale in books. But such images are often far removed from this Ancestral Being’s traditional ambivalent meanings.
The idea of an automated weapon system shaped like a dog might make us feel morally queasy. But in truth we should feel just the same about existing military drones that kill people remotely.
We spoke to 332 Year 3 students about what they want to be when they grow up. Some responses raised alarms.
Rather than being an act of censorship, The Rolling Stone’s decision to remove Brown Sugar from their set list is a show of artistic freedom.
Deepfake technology is a new concern. But since the beginning of photography, men have been taking and sexually exploiting women’s images without their consent.
Anthony Sharwood’s The Brumby Wars looks at the tension between environmental damage and sentimental attachment to Australia’s brumbies — and how Banjo Paterson’s poem feeds the myth.
Some Paralympic powerlifters lift heavier weights than athletes without disabilities. Here’s what we know about why this might be.
Since the 1970s, Australian immigration policy has changed dramatically, meaning Afghan refugees face far greater hurdles than those who fled Saigon after the Vietnam War.
The White Lotus is a tense, new drama about the lives of the rich and privileged, set in a Hawaiian resort. But the protagonists are not lying around reading airport novels.
The universe has a finite age — 13.8 billion years to be exact. So if it had a beginning, why is it so difficult to say for sure whether it will have an end?
A short history of the Ex-Services Human Rights Association of Australia: a group of brave returned servicemen and women who protested the Vietnam War.
Liberal Prime Minister Robert Menzies insisted universities should have protection from political interference. But Bob Hawke’s education minister John Dawkins dismantled these protections.
Einstein was awarded a Nobel prize for his explanation for how light can be described as being made up of individual particles of energy under certain conditions.
A public monument, a place of memory and a crumbling testament to how far we’ve come. A centuries old church in windy Suffolk, England, is a world away.
Early childhood education and care centres, which includes childcare and preschool, are part of our village. They form a support network established to ensure parents’ and children’s lifelong success.
This study wanted to find whether believing your child is better at school than they actually are was detrimental or beneficial to the child’s academic success. Turns out, it actually helps.
Governments spend millions to try to get kids moving but these interventions may be short-lived, or only benefit a group of kids. Our program is cost-effective and can work long term.
The Murugappans have been fighting to stay in Australia for years. All the while, Sri Lanka has one of the worst records of state-perpetrated violence against civilians in the early 21st century.
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Associate lecturer visual arts, artist, PhD, Australian Catholic University
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Distinguished Professor of educational psychology, Australian Catholic University
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Research fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Arts Education, Australian Catholic University
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Doctor of Criminology, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
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PhD Student, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of History at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Education, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University
