Crossing the river by feeling the stones: democracy's advance in China
Apr 15, 2016 01:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Renowned as one of Chinas leading political thinkers, Yu Keping from Peking University featured in this years Encounter hosted by the Sydney Democracy Network (SDN) at the University of Sydney on April 12. His article is a...
Daily Mail is right about three-in-a-bed injunction – the law is an ass
Apr 14, 2016 23:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
A considerable amount of journalism is, by its very nature, based on the foul stench of human ugliness. If you strip away the humbug of public interest and freedom of expression mantras, so much of it is rooted in the...
The world at your feet: how to build a career in foreign relations
Apr 14, 2016 23:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
There are a great many students who are enormously attracted by the idea of a diplomatic career. Or if not in the foreign service as such, certainly a job which takes you out and about internationally and gets you engaged...
Dogs in Space, 30 years on – a once maligned film comes of age
Apr 14, 2016 23:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
A fairly unattractive bunch of bored and boring party givers, mindlessly driving around midnight streets waiting for pieces of Skylab to fall on them and searching for meaning in the TV test pattern, hardly makes for a...
Why we should honour the humanity of every person who dies in custody
Apr 14, 2016 23:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its now 25 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody tabled its final report. The anniversary will undoubtedly be marked by analysis and commentary, as well as reflections on statistics, key trends...
Grattan on Friday: Turnbull sees even a difficult new Senate as an opportunity for a fresh start
Apr 14, 2016 23:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Malcolm Turnbull says bluntly that he expects the coming special Senate sitting to reject the industrial legislation. Labors Penny Wong indicates the opposition wont be playing silly buggers by trying to delay the...
Jeremy Corbyn could transform the Brexit debate – but does he want to?
Apr 14, 2016 23:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The tone of the debate ahead of the European Union referendum on June 23 has been shrill and disappointing. As with the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, arguments on both sides have been simplistic, focusing...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects