Events
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Screaming, growling asylum seeker opera wins top art music honour
Speechless, by Melbourne-based composer Cat Hope, was inspired by the Human Rights Commission 2014 report The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry…
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Indigenous voice ‘fundamental’ to reconciliation, says Linda Burney
Ms Burney, who chaired the NSW Reconciliation Committee in 2000, vividly remembers the morning of the bridge march: “We had…
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Agora Dialogue – targeted programmes in Greek
Founded in Australia, Agora Dialogue is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, independent organisation. Since 2016 the organisation’s main operations are carried out…
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Australian of the Year calls for sugar tax to fight diabetes-caused blindness
“Diabetes is now the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults in Australia,” Dr Muecke told The Sydney Morning Herald…
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Who can break up the ‘Big 3’ monopoly on men’s tennis?
As the Australian Open gets underway, one question on every tennis fan’s mind is whether 2020 will be yet another…
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Sydney NY organisers dismiss grassroots campaign to ‘say no to fireworks’
Just one day out from New Year’s Eve, a growing online campaign is fighting to cancel all fireworks demonstrations across…
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‘Say no’: Thousands sign petition to shift NYE fireworks cash into bushfire relief
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for funds set aside for New Year’s Eve fireworks displays…
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Religion, Religious Spaces and Conflict: Cyprus, Lebanon, Bosnia
The Institute for Interdisciplinary Cypriot Studies at the University of Münster (Germany), the Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung office in Nicosia and the…
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Walkley Awards 2018: winners
Four Corners has dominated Television categories at the Walkley Awards last night. TVtonight It won Camerawork, Current Affairs (Long), Production and Public Service…
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Jillian Murray and Suzanne Chaundy’s De Stroyed
Listen now(Link will open in new window) Download audio ABC – Monday 14 May 2018 10:15AM (view full episode) IMAGE: JILLIAN MURRAY…
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Conference analyses disputes in East Sea
Moscow (VNA) – Leading scientists and researchers specializing in Asia-Pacific region, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and international…
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Julian Burnside: “I worry where our democracy is going”
Human Rights Arts and Film Festival kicks off at five cinemas across Melbourne on May 3. On May 12, the festival…
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Leading human rights barrister Julian Burnside examines asylum seeker policies worldwide
World Premiere of Border Politics The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival will screen the world premiere of Border Politics…
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Ai Weiwei: Chinese dissident artist critiques Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers ahead of Sydney Biennale
He is one of the world’s most famous artists and China’s best known dissident, and 60-year-old Ai Weiwei has a…
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2018 Adelaide Biennial: Difference as the natural order of things
It is a time-honoured tradition that large museum surveys of contemporary art should have titles so vague and all-encompassing as…
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None but the Lonely Heart
fortyfivedownstairs recital blurb: Melbourne-born Greek-Cypriot Australian soprano, Christiana Aloneftis, is coming home to perform with one of Australia’s finest collaborative pianists,…
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