In the weekend’s council elections in Brisbane, the vote in my electoral ward was split…
Graeme TurnerMarch 19, 2024
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Graeme TurnerFebruary 21, 2024
RIP The Drum: Now we’re stuck with Q&A. Two days before ABC-TV’s The Drum went…
Graeme TurnerJanuary 15, 2024
We Don’t Need No Education!: Arts degrees and the repurposing of higher education. ‘Terrified’…
Graeme TurnerDecember 16, 2023
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Graeme TurnerDecember 2, 2023
This time, it's worse Humanities academics are wearily accustomed to attacks on their disciplines from…
Graeme TurnerNovember 20, 2023
The convergences are (as Dame Edna would say) ‘spooky’. Shortly after TV’s drama performer…
Graeme TurnerOctober 16, 2023
The selection of John Farnham’s ‘You’re the Voice’ as the soundtrack for the ‘Yes’ campaign…
Graeme TurnerSeptember 12, 2023