November 2010
POLITICS
A Matter of Faith: Kristina Keneally
Jana Wendt
The office of the premier in the state of despair is occupied by Kristina Kerscher Keneally of Ohio. More improbable than the fact that an...
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SOCIETY
Rupert Murdoch & Kamahl
Rupert Murdoch was 27 when he met Kandiah Kamalesvaran, a sensitive young Tamil on the dodge from the immigration authorities. Born in...
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SOCIETY
'The Man Who Loved Children' by Christina Stead
Michelle de Kretser
It is one of the great ironies of our literature that Christina Stead’s The Man Who Loved Children, a novel steeped in autobiography,...
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SOCIETY
'Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Wicked Bestiary' by David Sedaris
Sonya Hartnett
David Sedaris is a man of many talents but he is arguably best known for the essays recounting his childhood as an effeminate only son in...
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SOCIETY
Tools of the Trade: Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis' 'Machete' and Sean Byrne’s 'The Loved Ones'
Luke Davies
“Every time an illegal dances across our border,” says Senator John McLaughlin (Robert de Niro) at a rally, “it is an act of aggression...
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SOCIETY
Too Smart to Run Back: Allo Darlin’s Debut Album
Robert Forster
The history of the ukulele in rock music is as short and quirky as the instrument itself. Before pop music there was cheeky Englishman...
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SOCIETY
Shadow Play: Peter Robb’s 'Street Fight in Naples: A Book of Art and Insurrection'
Sebastian Smee
The first time I read Peter Robb’s Midnight in Sicily was also the first time I travelled around Sicily. The first and only. I remember at...
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SOCIETY
Lest We Forget: Hugh Lunn’s 'Words Fail Me: A Journey through Australia’s Lost Language'
Peter Conrad
Hugh Lunn, vegging out as he sunbakes in his popularity, has come up with an unstrenuous new method for manufacturing a book: why not...
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SOCIETY
Under the Bridge: Delia Falconer’s 'Sydney'
Drusilla Modjeska
Returning to Sydney can be an ambivalent experience. And it was for me, this winter, after three months in London. Ducks were swimming on...
More ...Exodus: The International Student Sector
Margaret Simons
Only a few years ago you could see them being preyed upon at major city railway stations. Touts would hand out leaflets urging them to...
More ...Hidden Agendas: Our Intelligence Services
Sally Neighbour
This grand edifice is to be the new home of Australia’s premier spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)....
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POLITICS
No Exit: The ALP
Mark Latham
The lingering mood in the federal Labor caucus must be one of puzzlement. In terms of political brevity, direct comparisons with the Rudd...
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SOCIETY
Bad Old Days
Jack Marx
From his chambers opposite Hyde Park in Elizabeth Street, Sydney, Charles Waterstreet – author, barrister, film-maker and one-time man-...
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SOCIETY
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...
More ...The Price of Parenthood
Lisa Pryor
Before the woman vanished from the story, long before the matter came before a court, a TV crew caught a glimpse of her dark, serious face...
More ...Comment: The Defence Minister
Hugh White
Why is defence so toxic to its ministers? It should be an easy job to look good in – hobnobbing with the Australian Defence Force (ADF),...
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