Van Gogh and the Seasons is a sensitively curated crowd-pleaser despite a paucity of masterpieces

Apr 28, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

Van Gogh and the Seasons, showing at the National Gallery of Victoria, is more than an opportunity for a geographically isolated Australian audience to view the works of one of the worlds best-known and beloved artists in...

Holy cow: as Hindu nationalism surges in India, cows are protected but minorities not so much

Apr 28, 2017 07:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Indolent Indian cows sitting or eating on the busiest roads of the countrys cities are common sights for anyone who has ever visited the subcontinent. Today, this mammal is at the centre of the countrys increasingly...

The end: Chilean legend exits presidential race, ushering in a new political era

Apr 28, 2017 07:15 am UTC| Politics Insights & Views

In a dramatic change of heart, former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, who played a central role in the countrys return to democracy in the 1980s, has withdrawn from the upcoming presidential race. It seems Lagos lengthy...

Government's oil & gas tax response will leave regional communities at a loss

Apr 28, 2017 07:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Falling revenues from petroleum mining, that spurred a review of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT), have hit regional communities hard and these same communities arent likely to get any relief from the government...

Trigger Warnings, Evidence-Based Policy and Media Literacy

Apr 28, 2017 07:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

With complete disregard for irony, Conservatives are sometimes triggered laughably easily. When the brown folks forget their station, for example. When we ladies get too ballsy. And God forbid if anyone dares fuck with...

Is death penalty anti-Christian?

Apr 28, 2017 07:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

On Monday, April 25, two people convicted for murder were executed by lethal injections in Lincoln County, Arkansas. A few days prior to their execution another Arkansan convict was put to death. One more convict remains...

Vital Signs Series

Vital Signs: what will end up in Scott Morrison's 'good' books?

Apr 28, 2017 00:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting...