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April 2017
The Nation Reviewed
AFL 2017 in names only
The only player analysis you’ll need this footy season
Names suitable for minor characters in a Charles Dickens novel
Darcy Parish, Brandan Parfitt, Harry Perryman, Harrison Wigg, Tom Ruggles
The Ks have it
Keegan Brooksby, Kristian Jaksch, Kayle Kirby, Kade Kolodjashnij
Give ’em both barrels
Jesse Glass-McCasker, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Josh Deluca-Cardillo, Sam Powell-Pepper
The annual Jarrad census
Jarrad (4), Jarryd (3), Jarrod (5), Jared (1), Sharrod (1), Jarryn (1), Darragh (1)
The times, they are a …
Brayden (3), Braydon (1), Jayden (3), Hayden (2), Kaiden (1), Aidyn (1)
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the …
Dayne, Zaine, Blaine, Kayne, Kane, Wayne, Jamaine
*desperately immature giggle*
Mason Cox, Tyson Goldsack, Tom Doedee, Steele Sidebottom, Aaron Mullett
Yes mum?
Harry Dear, Jack Darling
Obvious aliases of superheroes
Cedric Cox, Harrison Himmelberg, Brady Grey, Tristan Tweedie, Dean Kent, Jack Steele
Footy player or make of car?
Jaeger, Suban, Hrovat, Bewick, Fiorini, Preuss, Varcoe, Strnadica
Imperatives
David Swallow, Billy Stretch, Brad Crouch, Tom Lynch, Dean Gore, Luke Shuey, Jarrod Pickett, Scott Selwood
Names suitable for the protagonist of a Banjo Paterson bush ballad
Darcy Tucker, Billy Longer, Dougal Howard, Mackenzie Willis, Jack Scrimshaw, Jack Fitzpatrick, Billy Frampton, Fletcher Roberts
Names suitable for a new housing development in Sydney’s north-west
Blake Acres, Levi Greenwood, Bradley Hill, Bailey Dale, Fergus Greene, Dean Towers, Easton Wood
Six degrees of Dawson Simpson
Jordan Dawson, Liam Dawson, Zac Dawson, Dawson Simpson, Kade Simpson, Sam Simpson
May the Force be with you
Wylie Buzza, Griffin Logue, Ivan Soldo, Tarir Bayok, Cameron Zurhaar, Maverick Weller, Roarke Smith
The Orazio Fantasia perpetual trophy for best new name
Quinton Narkle
Great names to shout when they take a speccy
Matthew Uebergang, Tim Broomhead, Jarman Impey, Myles Poholke
With special thanks to Peter Cronin
April 2017
Leonard French’s Balzacian life
Reg MacDonald’s biography may return this Australian artist to the national imagination
The desperate, secretive drama: ‘Choice Words’ edited by Louise Swinn
Personal stories consider questions of choice, legality and stigma surrounding abortion
Fair gone
The Coalition’s aspirational pitch worked a treat
Our ethnic face
The Australia of Pauline Hanson’s second parliamentary term looks very different to the Australia of her first
Art walks a tightrope
Bill Henson exhibits recent photographic work at the National Gallery of Victoria
Magic hands
Russian piano superstar Daniil Trifonov teaches a masterclass in Melbourne
A cleansing fire
Jessa Crispin’s ‘Why I Am Not a Feminist’ demands a dismantling of mainstream feminism … and the system itself
The cases against Colin Manock
Calls mount for a royal commission into SA’s former forensic pathologist
Ticked off
Being bitten by a tick just got a whole lot stranger
Silence in Christchurch
The Islamic prison chaplain from Goulburn who rushed to New Zealand
Terri Butler’s rise through the rancour
The Queensland Labor MP on the hustings and the hating
Remembering the Silver Bodgie
Bob Hawke’s ability to build consensus reshaped Australia
Doomsday is nigh
The ALP’s policies are mild – why are they being treated as a mortal threat?
Our distorted politics
Why is the Coalition even competitive under Morrison?
When journalists revolt
New Corp’s influence is being tested this election
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