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Hart’s pulling all the strings at Woodford Folk Festival
NICOLA GARLAND: By far and away the best new find of the Woodford Folk Festival line-up on December 27 was Tim Hart. Hart, better known as the drummer from Boy and Bear, has taken a bold step to break...
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New Years let down at the Chalk Hotel
ANGELA RANKE: The Chalk Hotel in Brisbane has been accused of deleting negative Facebook posts about its New Years Eve masquerade ball. Guests were disappointed with the Chalk Hotel’s New Years Eve...
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The Hobbit: framing the issue of high frame rates
BENJAMIN ZAUGG: Much like 3D, many see high frame rates (HDR) as a powerful new storytelling tool, others as a gimmick designed to carve out a new premium tier of ticket. I suspect the truth lies...
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Violence against women in India is a cultural problem
PRANAV HEMMADI: A few days before we celebrated Christmas 2012 a young woman was savagely sexually assaulted with a metal rod on a moving bus in New Delhi. The brutal bashing and rape of an Indian...
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Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!
REBECCA VIRGEN: Like many idioms in our cultural lexicon, most people have no idea where the aforementioned phrase comes from, or why it was coined. Some people will tell you it is from a Ke$sha song,...
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To the manager, from a disgruntled worker
To the manager, I want to thank you. When I was 15 you taught me that people can be exploited. You gave me a job at a bakery for two weeks only to sack me just after Christmas. I want to thank you....
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10 reasons behind Australia’s love/hate relationship with Bernard Tomic
CHRISTINE BARTON: Lately, it feels like every time I hear words come out of Bernard Tomic’s mouth, my immediate reaction is “What a knob!”. But then I actually sit down and watch him play a game of...
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Israel is pushing away its most important ally
SARAH MCGOWAN: Today’s Israeli elections will have a profound effect on the momentum and direction of the peace process with Palestine and with the nation’s increasingly patchy relationship with the...
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Top 10 Aussie inventions Australia has given the world
ANGELA RANKE: With Australia Day on today we looked at the top 10 inventions Australia has given the world. Source: Scootie via Creative Commons. 1. The Goon Bag Invented by Thomas Angove of South...
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Triple J’s hottest 100 winner Thrift Shop divides listeners
ANGELA RANKE: The Triple J’s Hottest 100 winner has divided listeners as the post-mortem analysis of the popular Australia Day poll begins. Thrift Shop, the number 1 song on the hottest 100 countdown,...
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Bernard Gaynor wouldn’t let a gay person teach his kids – here’s why he’s wrong
BEC VIRGEN: Conservative politicians in Australia compare gay people to all manner of unrelated things – paedophiles, perverts and animal fornicators, to name a few. Living in Queensland and attending...
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Peter Garrett please bust a move
ANGELA RANKE: So I interviewed the Minister for Education Peter Garrett recently and I’m sorry, but I just couldn’t take the man seriously. It’s really hard to keep a straight face and listen to the...
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The real chick flicks: why women should watch sci-fi
Princess Leia in bikini in “Return of the Jedi” NICOLA GARLAND: Science fiction (known in the film industry as “Sci-fi”) is so often classified as a male-orientated film genre, and yet for the modern...
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Fixing our education system starts with changing how we perceive teachers
BEN WILSON: Education is a terrible problem in this state. I truly wish that I had something original to tell you, somewhere wonderfully original to take you with that tantaliser of an opening line,...
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Online dating – is it worth it?
TASH RANKE: Cyber dating – a great way to find your perfect match, or a one-way street to disappointment and superficial relationships? As more people are choosing online dating sites as a way of...
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Too much focus on academia, not enough on free play
ANGELA RANKE: Back when I was a tiny tot, preschool was all about playing with dolls, painting and making noodle necklaces. I didn’t even know how to write my name. These days prep is a completely...
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Memo to press: check the primary source, Mantel didn’t actually call Kate...
LOTTIE MORTIMER: Two weeks ago, award-winning novelist Hilary Mantel gave her public lecture “Undressing Anne Boleyn” at the British Museum for the London Review of Books Lecture Series. A few days...
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Andrew Wilkie: one of a few good men
BRENDAN DUFFY: Like most of my right leaning friends I was bemused when Tasmania again managed to put more lefty loonies into our Australian Parliament at the 2010 Federal Election. My distaste was...
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Barefoot bowls with KRudd – just another day in the life of a former PM
ANGELA RANKE: So I’ve been invited to go barefoot bowling with Kevin Rudd, or KRudd as he prefers to call himself. A letter came in the mail the other day, addressed to me personally: “Dear Angela,”...
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Giant tarantulas, sex with your boss – what dreams are made of
BEC VIRGEN: Tarantulas pinning you down with supersized hairy legs. Exploding cabbages. Sex with your boss. Falling from a building with your pants down. Sound crazy? These are the ideas that dreams...
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