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Voters have a good choice of politicians, but need to overcome their mistrust of them
By Marian Sawer, Emeritus Professor, ANU School of Politics and International Relations Is the Australian parliamentary gene pool shrinking? Has recruitment from a “political class” meant that politicians from across the chamber are more like each other than the people they represent? Is this why…
ANU School of Art wins ANU Major Equipment Grant
The School of Art has won an Australian National University Major Equipment Grant worth $212,000 which will help fund a new 3D printer, waterjet cutter and large printer-scanner. “The major equipment grant is big news for the School of Art,” said Head of the Glass Workshop Associate…
The world at your feet: how to build a career in foreign relations
Gareth Evans is Chancellor of the Australian National University. He was a cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments, and from 1988-96 he was Australia’s foreign minister. From 2000 to 2009 he was President and CEO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, the independent…
ANU shines at ACT Young Canberra Citizen of the Year awards
The ANU was well represented at the ACT Young Canberra Citizen of the Year Awards, with an alumnus and a current student each picking up an award at the 2016 ceremony. Jordan Kerr won the overall category for the 2016 Young Canberra Citizen of the Year, for his advocacy…
ANU at You Are Here
Every year across five days, public spaces and scarcely-inhabited nooks of Canberra’s CBD come alive with eclectic artistic activity. It’s the You Are Here festival, and according to Managing Producer Vanessa Wright, it’s bigger and more exciting than it has been the past couple of…
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Showcase brightens young minds
High school students from Canberra and as far afield as Wagga visited the ANU campus for the inaugural Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (HASS) Showcase. Designed to provide a unique and enriching program for high school students, the HASS Showcase gave students the opportunity to…
Benefits of the census retaining names and addresses should outweigh privacy fears
By Dr Nicholas Biddle, Fellow, Australian National University, and Dr Ben Phillips, Principal Research Fellow, ANU Former Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) head Bill McLennan renewed the debate over privacy, data linkage and the census when he recently spoke of the major risks involved…