Labor’s trade dilemma
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a minefield for the Opposition
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
Hugh Robertson manages a record label, writes a lot and thinks about the Sydney Swans too much.
April 2017
‘MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art’
An eye candy-laden, educational treasure hunt of an exhibition
The return of the Moree Boomerangs
The First on the Ladder arts project is turning things around for a rugby club and the local kids
Turnbull fires back
Unlike Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull never promised ‘no wrecking’
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 itselfThe return of the Moree Boomerangs
The First on the Ladder arts project is turning things around for a rugby club and the local kids
Filling a big hole in the property market
The old Cave Hill quarry in Melbourne will be home to thousands
Islam on the inside
Queensland’s first Muslim prison chaplain has first-hand experience of the system
The lost man of Larrimah
What happened to missing Northern Territory personality Paddy Moriarty?‘MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art’
An eye candy-laden, educational treasure hunt of an exhibitionTurnbull fires back
Unlike Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull never promised ‘no wrecking’
Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (part one)
A British outlier and a British newcomer are among the stand-outs in the first part of the festival
Benedict Cumberbatch is perfect as the imperfect Patrick Melrose
The actor brings together his trademark raffishness and sardonic superiority in this searing miniseries
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