Sally Percival Wood

O-Week has changed drastically since the 1960s, especially the student newspaper reportage, which was much more provocative back then. The University of Queensland

Student press in 1960s Australia was political, now it’s more Prozac

A new book from historian Sally Percival Wood explores how the politically active student media of the 1960s changed Australia socially, culturally and politically.
Three recent surveys suggest that sentiments towards Japan and China are slipping to similar levels recorded in 1953. Image from shutterstock.com

Have attitudes to Asia changed in 60 years? Not as much as you’d think

For all the hyperbole around the importance of the Asian century, how well does the West – and Australia – really know Asia? We can argue that knowledge of Asia over the past 50 years has increased dramatically…

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