June 2008
SOCIETY
Club Rules: The Phoney War on Bikie Gangs
Adam Shand
The strength of that commitment will soon be tested. The South Australian premier, Mike Rann, has just enacted what he calls the toughest...
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Keith Windschuttle and Robert Edgerton: a comparison of texts
Robert Manne
In November 2002 Keith Windschuttle published The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, volume one: Van Diemen's Land: 1803-1847. The...
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WORLD
Nana Mouskouri & Frank Hardy
When the Grecian songbird Nana Mouskouri embarked on her first Australian tour, in 1976, she was greeted with rave reviews and the...
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‘The Boat’ by Nam Le
Martin Shaw
In Fatih Akin's recent film, The Edge of Heaven, two characters meet for the first time in a restaurant. "How did you recognise me?" one...
More ...‘Big Love’, Season 2, SBS Television
James Bradley
It's easy to imagine the pitch for HBO's polygamist drama, Big Love: Everything a normal family faces, times three. It's a neat formula,...
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Such Desirable Objects: Frank Hurley: Journeys into Papua
Anna Cater
The renowned Australian photographer Frank Hurley made two expeditions to Papua: the first time under the aegis of the Anglican Board of...
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Winging It: Flight of the Conchords
Luke Davies
Two friends walk along a New York street as the camera tracks backwards with them. We catch them mid-conversation, or perhaps they are...
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And You Can Too: Recent book subtitles
Gideon Haigh
The mass of books lead lives of quiet desperation. Compared to the dowdy shops of yesteryear, the modern bookstore is a place of gaiety,...
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The Bigger Devil : Patrick Cockburn’s ‘Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq’
Tony Clifton
Soon after America's army had invaded Iraq and overthrown Saddam Hussein, an obscure Iraqi Muslim cleric was asked what he thought had just...
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The Banjo Is the New Stratocaster: Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson & The Darling Downs
Robert Forster
Less-is-more is an edict that has never gained much leverage in rock 'n' roll. More-is-more is the preferred option, with record companies...
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Sing Out Loud, Sing Out Strong: Opera in Australia
Peter Craven
It's an odd business, a night at the opera. You know, if you like the diversion, that you are basking in the glow of an artistic...
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Living: In the Age of Noise
Robyn Davidson
Opinions are antagonistic to wisdom, even when they're right, which they seldom are. People cling to their opinions until history proves...
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Wilfred Burchett booklist
Robert Manne
Tom Heenan, From Traveller to Traitor: The Life of Wilfred Burchett(Melbourne University Publishing, 2006)George Burchett & Nick...
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Agent of Influence: Reassessing Wilfred Burchett
Robert Manne
The recent rise in Wilfred Burchett's reputation is not difficult to explain. Part of the reason lies in the determination of George...
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SOCIETY
Franchise Nation
Alice Pung
"I had never worked in a better restaurant." That was what my uncle told us about one of the first jobs he had after arriving in Australia...
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SOCIETY
Repo Man
Craig Sherborne
You might have missed it a few months ago, this amusing aside in the daily news: during the auction of a flash rural property in the old-...
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SOCIETY
The Charm of a Charm
Ashley Hay
Early one May morning, on the edge of Brisbane's Mt Coo-tha, a hundred people gather in a car park. The air is sharp, the light clear, and...
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SOCIETY
Divertimento
Cate Kennedy
Dave's late for the morning rehearsal because he has to shift a fallen branch off a fence in the far paddock before any cattle escape onto...
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Comment: What Stands Between Australia and a One-party State?
Judith Brett
Is Malcolm Turnbull all that stands between Australia and a one-party state?We all know the picture: Labor governments in all states and...
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