The avoidable war
Kevin Rudd on China, the US and the forces of historyAugust 2014
Arts & Letters
Virtually pointless
The 'Augmented Australia' app in action. © Alexander Mayes Photography
In light of recent events
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Troubled souls
David Gulpilil brings Rolf de Heer’s ‘Charlie’s Country’ alive, but Nick Cave can’t save Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s ‘20,000 Days on Earth’
Crazy pills
Our obsession with vitamins is getting out of hand
Supermarket monsters
Coles, Woolworths and the price we pay for their domination
Must we choose between climate-change action and freedom of speech?
The science is clear, but the way forward is not
The quip and the dead: Steve Toltz’s ‘Here Goes Nothing’
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One small step: ‘Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood’ and ‘Deep Water’
Richard Linklater’s rotoscoped film evokes the optimism of late-1960s America, while Patricia Highsmith’s thriller gets another disappointing adaptation
Art heist: The landmark conviction of an Aboriginal art centre’s manager
The jailing of Mornington Island Art’s chief executive for dishonest dealing has shone a light on ethics and colonialism in the Indigenous art world
Plans never imagined: Architect Timothy Hill
The ‘Longhouse’ and the ‘Multihouse’ confirm the director of Partners Hill as the country’s most important and influential architect of the past 30 years
Two worlds at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale
The consumption of space, land and habitat is Australia’s focus at the world’s pre-eminent architecture event
Walking the Wukalina Walk
A new four-day tour in Tasmania is owned and guided by Aboriginal people
Murcutt’s mosque
The Australian Islamic Centre is notable for what it isn’t as much as for what it isThe avoidable war
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The Australian War Memorial and the Great Australian Silence
Property damage
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