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'Outland' by Kevin Carlin
Benjamin Law
On paper, the premise of the new ABC1 sitcom Outland seems too self-consciously quirky for its own good. Homosexuals and sci-fi nerds?...
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Gourmet Gore: Our Animal Instincts for Eating Meat
Benjamin Law
Here is how you cook a pig’s uterus. First, visit your local abattoir’s Vietnamese section, where they will happily take requests for ‘...
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The only gay book in the village
What makes a piece of writing gay? The author? The subject matter? The characters? Is Queer literature alive and well in Australia, and...
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Dancing in the Dark
Benjamin Law
From the outside, the Snoezelen Room at the Gold Coast’s Mudgeeraba Special School (MSS) doesn’t look like much. The room’s padlocked...
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Tuckshop Duty
Benjamin Law
Someone should make a reality TV show called Tuckshop Ladies. The drama would be explosive. Elimination episodes would take place at...
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The Family Law. Benjamin Law in conversation with Jess McGuire
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Part 1 | Part 2At this Readings event, writer and born humorist Benjamin Law tells Jess McGuire about his new book, The Family Law. A...
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Bush Love
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In retrospect, we had been warned. Days before we arrived at Wooroolin’s Peanut Pullers and Backfatters Ball – an annual singles’ event in...
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Supermarket Sweep
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It’s 4.20 am in Kingston, 30 minutes out of Brisbane, and already the place is a hive of human activity. In the darkness, people haul...
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Dead, Wrapped in Cardboard
Benjamin Law
People might flock to the Gold Coast to feel alive, but it is increasingly also a destination for the dead. Drive inland, away from the...
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At the registration table for Lovelinx, a national conference run by a Christian organisation, an array of educational books and DVDs are...
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