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ANUpoll zeros in on public views on defence
Public support for more defence spending is a 20-year low and more than 70% of Australians oppose tax increases to pay for more defence spending, according the results of the latest ANUpoll published today in The Canberra Times. The fourth ANUpoll provides insight into what the Australian…
ANU Lauches National Rural and Regional Research Institute
A new ANU institute established to promote research on rural and regional Australia was launched today by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, The Honorable Tony Burke. The National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia (NIRRA) was established in…
60 years Deutsches Grundgesetz _ΡΣ The German Constitution turns 60
Human and basic rights through the eyes of Germany and Australia, University House On 23 May 2009, Germany will mark the 60th anniversary of the Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, the German Constitution. Merely four years after Germany’s unconditional surrender ending the…
27 May - Who's Who? Photographing the Ballets Russes in Australia in the 1930s
Join Helen Ennis, Associate Professor of Art Theory at The Australian National University School of Art, for a look at the Australians who photographed the artists of the Ballets Russes. 12.30 pm Conference Room, free Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
26-28 November - AAANZ conference (Art Association of Australia and New Zealand)
The annual AAANZ conference for 2009 will be hosted by The Australian National University. The conference will be held in Canberra on the evening of 26 November and two full days on 27 and 28 November. The conference organisers are: Gordon Bull (School of Art) - Gordon.Bull@anu…
ANU Supporting Easter Lake Light Sculpture in Jindabyne
Once again the Easter 2009 Lake Light Sculpture Festival promises to be a successful event with a wide range of sculptures to inspire and a festival atmosphere to make the most of in Banjo Paterson Park beside Lake Jindabyne. The ANU, along with Snow FM,2XL and Snowy River Arts are…
Researchers to prick Aussies' Gallipoli time bubble
In the lead up to Anzac Day a research team wants the nation to reconsider its fixation on the 1915 Gallipoli campaign by raising awareness about the long and complex history of conflict and settlement on the Gallipoli peninsula. The Australian researchers are pulling together the first exhaustive…