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Editor's note
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Despite most of us living in cities, Australia is a farming nation. For 200 years we’ve idealised the fields of wheat, herds of sheep, and Akubras and Blundstones. But as Tony Hughes-D'Aeth writes, in the face of environmental degradation an increasing number of writers are challenging this relationship, from Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu to Charles Massy’s Call of the Reed Warbler. Importantly, many are recognising the way Aboriginal Australians worked the land before Europeans arrived.
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James Whitmore
Deputy Editor: Arts + Culture
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Top story
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Australia’s romantic attitude to farming has done untold damage to the land.
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Tony Hughes-D'Aeth, University of Western Australia
The powerful ideological connection between Australia and agriculture is being increasingly scrutinised. A spate of recent books have recast basic assumptions about our relationship to the land.
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Politics + Society
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Gaynor Macdonald, University of Sydney
Enthusiasm for Indigenous treaties at the state and territory level is misplaced. The power to bring about real change lies only at federal level.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Darren Palmer, Deakin University
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Caroline Fisher, University of Canberra; Glen Fuller, University of Canberra; Jee Young Lee; Sora Park, University of Canberra
It may be because we're early adopters and know the risks of social media, but a new study has found Australians are particularly careful about expressing political views online.
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Health + Medicine
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Alexandra Hansen, The Conversation
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Vincent Ho, Western Sydney University
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew Dowse, Edith Cowan University
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Science + Technology
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Michael Milford, Queensland University of Technology; Peter Stratton, The University of Queensland
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