Pub test: the republic
First things first, say punters in Matt Thistlethwaite’s electorate
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
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This nostalgic documentary about the eminent designer raises more questions than it answers
‘The Old Man and the Gun’ and the outlaw Robert Redford
David Lowery’s new film pays too much tribute to the Sundance Kid
The magnificently messy ‘House of Cards’
The show that made Netflix a major player comes to a satisfying and ludicrous end
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
APEC comes to PNG
Shipped-in Maseratis and single-use venues are a world away from real life in Port Moresby
Life in a coroners court
Meet those who speak for the dead to protect the living
Saving Jabiru
What happens when a Northern Territory town reaches its mandated expiry date?
Performing the Anthropocene
Scientists, anthropologists and artists gather to make sense of the Earth’s new epoch‘Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist’, an incomplete portrait
This nostalgic documentary about the eminent designer raises more questions than it answersThe magnificently messy ‘House of Cards’
The show that made Netflix a major player comes to a satisfying and ludicrous end
The ScoMo Express backfires
The PM’s farcical bus tour cements spin over substance as his brand
Twisted sisters: Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’
Sentimentality ruins the magic of this otherwise unsettling and actively cruel film
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