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The Monthly Essays
Divided We Fall: The Australian Greens Party
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*Nine days after the Christmas drinks in Canberra, a far more toxic atmosphere prevails as the NSW Greens assemble for their bi-monthly...
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The Monthly Essays
All About Cory: Cory Bernardi, Conservative Warrior
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“When you first come into this place, all the walls are blank, and after the first bonhomie’s done and people say hello, you’re left alone...
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The Monthly Essays
How We Lost the War: Afghanistan a Decade on from September 11
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"The vast majority of the Taliban hadn't been driven anywhere," says Lieven. "They went back to their villages to wait and see what...
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The Monthly Essays
The United States of Chris Mitchell: The Power of Rupert Murdoch and the Australian’s Editor-in-Chief
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Talk to any journalist, commentator, politician or public figure in Australia, and it seems they all have a view of Chris Mitchell...
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The Nation Reviewed
Comment: Hazara Asylum Seekers
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Yusuf Hamid was a shoemaker in the village of Kharaba in Ghazni Province, eastern Afghanistan. It was the time of the Taliban, as Afghans...
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The Nation Reviewed
Comment: The Anzac Spirit
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The tone, almost invariably, is one of awed and sentimental reverence, descending at times into jingoistic puffery. Without question, the...
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The Monthly Essays
The Way to the Watering Hole: Sharia Law
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Meanwhile, in a tiny office in Lakemba, south-western Sydney, with prayer beads hanging from the bookshelves and Islamic texts stacked to...
More ...Hidden Agendas: Our Intelligence Services
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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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