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A bank heist in Paraguay’s ‘wild, wild west’ reveals the dark underbelly of free trade
By Dr Caroline Schuster, Lecturer, School of Archaeology and Anthropology. It was as brazen as it was spectacular: on April 24 2017, a commando team of bank robbers assaulted a private security company in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, making off with US$11 million dollars. Some dozen…
ANUPoll finds the great Australian dream is fading
The 24th ANUPoll has found an overwhelming majority believe the great Australian dream of home ownership will be out of reach for future generations. With the government due to announce housing affordability measures in the 9 May Budget, the ANUpoll also found one in five…
World premiere of new Australian Carillon music
A collection of 10 new works for carillon will have their world premiere this Friday as part of a collaboration between The Australian National University (ANU) and the National Capital Authority, which manages the National Carillon in Canberra. Australian Miniatures for Carillon is the…
ANU study may offer first clues on social lives of extinct human relatives
A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) of the bony head-crests of male gorillas could provide some of the first clues about the social structures of our extinct human relatives, including how they chose their sexual partners. The study looks at the sagittal crest, a bone…
ANU, Peking University to explore greater exchanges
The Australian National University and Peking University have agreed to explore greater collaboration and exchanges between Australian and Chinese academics, particularly in Australian and Chinese studies. Leaders of both institutions have in Canberra signed a Memorandum of Understanding to spark…
Van Gogh and the Seasons is a sensitively curated crowd-pleaser despite a paucity of masterpiece
By Dr Anita Pisch, Visiting Fellow, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics 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 world’s best-known…
Study upends wisdom on military interventions
Voters are willing to let their government continue military action if soldiers have died, but not if only money has been spent on military equipment, an award-winning international study has found.The paper, based on research conducted by scholars from The Australian National University and Madrid…