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August 2015

August 2015

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Essays

Politics

Nope, nope, nope

Richard Cooke

Why Australia won’t help the Rohingya

International politics

Greek tragedy

By Christos Tsiolkas

Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Greece’s economic crisis

Education

Department of disgrace

By Catherine Ford

IBAC investigates Victoria’s rotten education bureaucracy

The Nation Reviewed

Federal politics

Method in the madness

By Don Watson

Tony Abbott’s surprises keep coming

Federal politics

Process of recognition

By Noel Pearson

The constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians requires meaningful consultation

Dance

Destiny’s children

By Nikki Lusk

Body Electric’s jazz ballet for adults

Environment

In defence of the rat

By Anne Manne

The many talents of a much-maligned rodent

Medicine

Society’s safety net

By Karen Hitchcock

When social services are cut, hospitals are left to fill the holes

Medicine

Arts & Letters

Art

Hallo spaceboy

By Anwen Crawford

Icon as exhibit at ACMI’s ‘David Bowie Is’

Television

Politics and power

By Luke Davies

Why we keep watching ‘The Americans’, ‘Veep’ and ‘House of Cards’

Indigenous Australia

White stigma

By Kim Mahood

Emma Kowal’s ‘Trapped in the Gap’ examines the ‘White anti-racist’ in indigenous Australia

Art

The experience machine

By Fiona McGregor

Marina Abramović in Australia

Noted

Books

‘Appetites for Thought’ by Michel Onfray

By Amanda Lohrey

Trans. Donald Barry and Stephen Muecke; Reaktion Books; $40

August 2015

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