North Korea has launched its first ballistic missile since the start of Donald’s Trump’s presidency, just as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the US to shore up support for […]
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‘Big, beautiful’ walls don’t stop migrants in the US or Europe
Walls have a strong political connotation in post-war Europe. The most tragically famous was the Berlin wall built in 1961 to prevent citizens of the DDR (otherwise known as East […]
‘At once silent and eloquent’: a glimpse of Pakistani visual poetry
Rickshaw poetry in Pakistan. D.Kazi, CC BY-NC-ND Whose mischief created a world of beseechers? Each petitioner is seen wearing a garment of paper This line from the famous Mughul poet […]
FactCheck Q&A: is violent crime getting worse in Victoria and do people feel less safe than ever?
Energy and Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg speaking on Q&A. ABC The Conversation fact-checks claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent […]
Australian banks go back to ACCC to further delay customers from getting Apple Pay
Banks still holding out on Apple Pay Author The 3 major Australian banks have signalled that they have no intention of supporting Apple Pay any time soon with an updated […]
A hologram of light and love
The Bartlett Head (Aphrodite) at The MIT Museum 1978, white light transmission hologram Kenneth Lu/flickr, CC BY-ND I have been editing the unfinished book of a poet friend who died […]
The IMF is showing some hypocrisy on inequality
“I hope people will listen now” said Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month. Lagarde was alluding […]
Australia’s looming e-cigarette ban robs smokers of a chance to quit
The effective ban on e-cigarettes in Australia forces people to access unregulated nicotine products to help them quit smoking. from www.shutterstock.com The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) recent interim decision […]
Why big data may be having a big effect on how our politics plays out
The first week of parliament for the new year was a noisy one. Cory Bernardi’s decision to leave the Liberal Party has created a flurry of speculation about whether this […]
Fifty shades of erotica: how sex in literature went mainstream
One can find reading material to suit all tastes. Arif Akhtar/Flickr, CC BY-ND E L James’s Fifty Shades trilogy is a bona fide publishing, and now film, sensation. Along with […]