Education
Is Australia on the right path to education reform?
Anna Patty What do the school systems in Finland and Korea have in common? They lead the developed world in numeracy, literacy and science. They don't have standardised testing for students until year 12, they .
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Who We Are: What makes a great movie ending, and do Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Lincoln have it?
David Dale There are four requirements to a great conclusion. How many of them are in the recent Oscar nominees?
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Just wait: This digital detour will soon succumb to the power of print
David Dale Print is not dead -- it's only sleeping. Here's how to make money from Australia's reading habits in books, magazines and newspapers.
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Finally, a brave bishop breaks ranks
Barney Zwartz ''I find these files [about priests who sexually abused children] to be brutal and painful reading. The behaviour described in these files is terribly sad and evil. There is no excuse, no explaining .
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THE TRIBAL MIND ARCHIVE 2013: The films Australia loved
David Dale As a reference for scholars, the all-time box-office for movies released in Australia (updated to April, 2013), the all-time top ticket sellers, and the most seen movies so far this year.
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THE TRIBAL MIND ARCHIVE 2013: The TV Australia loved
David Dale The most watched programs of 2013 and the most watched programs of all time, based on research by OzTAM and Nielsen, compiled for The Tribal Mind by David Dale, updated to May, 2013.
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THE RATINGS RACE: Week 7
David Dale How Australia watched in the week ending February 16, when Masterchef: The Professionals bingled down to half a million while My Kitchen Rules soared above 2 million.
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It's must-go month for movies that matter
David Dale We've put every significant film currently showing round Australia on a spectrum from Crap (Movie 43) to Quality (Lincoln). Do you agree with our placements?
Let's get angry! really angry!
Rocco Fazzari If elections are there for voters to mobilise and let politicians know how bitterly angry we are, then Wednesday’s announcement by Prime Minister Julia Gillard is good news.
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THE TRIBAL MIND ARCHIVE 2013: The music Australia loved
David Dale The most popular albums and singles of all time, updated to February, 2013, compiled by David Dale for readers of The Tribal Mind, based on data from ARIA.
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When violence is right and good and silly
David Dale Django Unchained and Gangster Squad have been dragged into the gun control debate. But they're a different story from Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
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The decade we can now call The Teens
David Dale What will we say about this decade when we look back with 2020 vision? A vintage Tribal Mind column, revived.
Observing national epiphanies
Dick Gross An epiphany is a sudden and striking realisation. The penny drops. The light bulb goes on.
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Enough with the hipster-bashing -- Look into your own heart
David Dale How to tell if you are a closet hipster.
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THE RATINGS RACE: Week 6
David Dale Even with new contestants, and even on traditionally slow Thursday, My Kitchen Rules still pulls a huge crowd. How Australia watched in the week ending February 9.
WHO WE ARE: Australia is the perfect host for Star Wars
David Dale The picture shows the new Organa hairstyle, worn by the top Aussie candidate for heroine of SWVII, which would also be written, directed and filmed in Australia.
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From Psycho to Blade Runner -- How W.O.M. can beat the Hollywood H.Y.P.E.
David Dale At last, a way to measure whether a film is getting good worth of mouth, and a chart of best and worst recent WOMs. Hobbit? Les Mis? Life of Pi? Jack Reacher? Yes, info on all of the above.
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The modOzquiz 2013: How well do you know Australia?
David Dale Nothing about Don Bradman and nothing about Waltzing Matilda in this test of how well you understand your nation in the 21st century.
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The characters that define Australia
David Dale An alphabet of Aussie archetypes: the public figures -- fictional, factual and inbetween -- who intrigue, infuriate and inspire us.
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The year of the cringe in Australian film
David Dale Sometimes we do the cultural cringe and sometimes we do the cultural strut. This was the year of Mental, Housos vs Authority, Any Questions for Ben, Kath and Kimderella and Bait.
