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January 5, 2023

Brekkies, barbies, mozzies: why do Aussies shorten so many words?

Kate Burridge, Monash University and Howard Manns, Monash University

Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that sticks Australian English speakers together.

The Yininmadyemi sculpture in Hyde Park celebrates Indigenous and Torres Strait Island service men and women. On Anzac Day, who are we honouring? Mick Tsikas/AAP

April 19, 2016

In remembering Anzac Day, what do we forget?

Danielle Drozdzewski, UNSW and Emma Waterton, Western Sydney University

Anzac Day is a big part of our national story. But the politics of memory mean the parts of this story that don’t fit neatly into the Anzac narrative are too often forgotten.

Is everything written by an Australian automatically “Australian writing”? Mark Wassell/Flickr

October 5, 2015

True Blue? Crime fiction and Australia

Stewart King, Monash University

Michael Robotham is the second Australian writer to win the Golden Dagger, but is his book Australian? And does it matter?

AFL supporters have a history of emphasising notions of ‘difference’ by abusing Indigenous players. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

July 29, 2015

Booing Adam Goodes – racism is in the stitching of the AFL

Keith Parry, Western Sydney University

Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes was yet again booed by Australian football fans at the weekend. Sadly, AFL supporters have a history of emphasising notions of “difference” by abusing Indigenous players.

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