Lauren Rosewarne

Don’t be that person

Nathan Grills

Victoria is back in lockdown. Would vaccines have saved Melbourne from this concerning outbreak? Quite possibly. But, despite being eligibl..

Dodging disease and death in the first US presidential debate

Lauren Rosewarne

Yesterday, I was on a Zoom call with one of my research students. We’d been talking about how each of us was faring during lockdown and I q..

Australian homes on the line

Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker

Over the last few weeks, Australia has instituted a series of unprecedented national lockdown measures and border closures. The aim is to ..

Has Hollywood run out of original ideas?

Lauren Rosewarne

Of the broad range of criticisms levelled against remakes, a popular accusation made by critics and commentators is that such material fail..

Where have all the good festive films gone?

Lauren Rosewarne, Luke Devenish

The magic of Christmas has been depicted countless times in Christmas films. Heartwarming tales of hope over adversity set in idyllic snow..

The science that stops possums eating your garden

Lynne Selwood

In Australia, we have a love-hate relationship with our native possums. We love to watch them scramble up a tree on a summer’s evening and..

Sex and the remake

Lauren Rosewarne

For a remake to attract a new audience, in a new era, it needs to offer new enticements. Remaking an old film or television series can invo..

Designing for wellbeing in children’s hospitals

Stephanie Liddicoat, Julie Willis, Alan Pert, Philip Goad, Rebecca McLaughlan

“I like the window because it’s bright and sunny and it makes you forget all about being in hospital and being poked and prodded with needl..

Get with the (political) programming

Daniel Halliday, Lauren Rosewarne, Dan Woodman, Susan Ainsworth, Jared Cooney Horvath

With candidates dropping left, right and centre (both in the political sense and as the saying goes), you might be beginning to switch off ..

Backing the strengths of Aboriginal young people

Sandra Eades

For Aboriginal people, connection to our country, culture and family can be profoundly healing. But in the many decades we’ve spent working..