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Beyond the Tracks is a joyous celebration of First Nations dance pioneer Michael Leslie
Beyond the Tracks is a multidisciplinary work combining dance, movement and song.
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US-Iran ceasefire had a built-in detonator. This week it went off
The MoU signed by the US and Iranian presidents was never likely to hold.
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Fire and ice: erratic Trump fulminates on Iran and lambasts (then embraces) Europe at NATO summit
The US president unleashed grievances against Europe, reopened his bid to claim Greenland and referred to the Iranian leadership as ‘scum’ in wild NATO performance.
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If so many people live with toxoplasmosis, how dangerous is this brain parasite really? Should I be worried?
One in three people worldwide carry a brain-dwelling parasite. Should that keep us awake at night? And are you at risk if you don’t have a cat?
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Australia’s government has woken up to the risks of AI. More ambition is needed
AI’s risks and harms are already affecting Australians. There are new ones coming.
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Threats may change, but geography doesn’t. It’s time for Australia to be a good neighbour to the Pacific
Australia has long shifted from neglect to anxiety and activity in its relationship with the Pacific. Here’s why, and how, that needs to change.
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What happened to Australia’s snow season? A climate expert explains
Three climate-related factors have loaded the dice for a drier and warmer winter this year.
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Giant kangaroos survived until 6,500 years ago on the New Guinea coast
A new study challenges conventional thinking about what drove the extinction of megafauna.
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Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians: new research
New mathematical modelling shows the first smallpox epidemic among Aboriginal people in the Sydney region may have spread thousands of kilometres and lasted decades.
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Canada’s proposed clean water act needs stronger protections for Indigenous communities
In its current form, safe drinking water legislation would weaken key legal provisions, particularly those related to rights and governance for First Nations.
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Renewed NATO co-operation and defence spending are about strategy, not obeying Trump
Spending by NATO members show they are prioritizing the strategic needs of the alliance as a whole rather than simply giving in to Donald Trump’s demands.
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How Australia’s new negative gearing rules might accidentally favour some property investors
Negative gearing hasn’t been abolished, only restricted. But the new rules could distort the housing market in other ways.