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Strong support to remove race from constitution: ANUpoll
A major new poll of Australian attitudes on Indigenous issues has found overwhelming support to change the Constitution to remove references to race. The ANUpoll also found strong support for Indigenous culture, language and heritage to be acknowledged in the Constitution as the basis for…
World's largest asteroid impacts found in central Australia
A 400 kilometre-wide impact zone from a huge meteorite that broke in two moments before it slammed into the Earth has been found in Central Australia. The crater from the impact millions of years ago has long disappeared. But a team of geophysicists has found the twin scars of the impacts – the…
New study to examine Aussie English - Do we sound the same?
A new study of Australian English is trying to find out if Australians all sound the same, or if people speak differently in the country compared to cities or across the states. PhD researcher Sydney Kingstone from the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics is conducting a…
The truth behind an iconic Australian war painting
For almost 100 years George Lambert’s Anzac, the landing 1915 has been one of Australia’s most iconic war paintings. The painting depicts the brave Australian diggers of WWI scrambling their way up the steep cliffs of Gallipoli in what would later become one of Australia’s most significant…
Professor Toni Makkai's speech at the ANIP 21st anniversary dinner
This speech was given by College of Arts and Social Sciences Dean Professor Toni Makkai at the Australian National Internship Program's 21st anniversary dinner at Parliament House, 17 March 2015. Thank you Dr Lithander. I also wish to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of land…
ANIP celebrates 21 years at Parliament House
The Great Hall of Parliament House was the perfect setting to celebrate a flagship program that has seen hundreds of ANU students intern with politicians, lobby groups, embassies and other organisations across Canberra. Students, graduates, politicians, ambassadors and…
Emerging artists selected for German craft and design exhibition
It’s an honour that only a select few in the world receive, and recent School of Art graduates Ruby Berry and Harriet Lee Robinson are showing their work in Germany this week after they were selected for Munich’s Talente exhibition. Ruby and Harriet were the only Australians selected for the…