August 2016

August 2016

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August 2016 eBook

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Politics

A good hard look at the Greens

Paddy Manning

What did the party deliver?

A good hard look at the Greens
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Issues and policies

The eureka factory

By Ceridwen Dovey

Australia’s solar champions face an uncertain future

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Economics

Bust  in  the  Pilbara

By Hamish McDonald

A region returns to earth

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Federal politics

The message was clear

By Richard Denniss

Brexit, Trump and the federal election show how the old categories of left and right are crumbling

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Music

Eight-hour lullaby

By Anwen Crawford

Max Richter brings his nocturnal odyssey ‘Sleep’ to the Sydney Opera House

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Media

Get your Wiki on

By Oscar Schwartz

Wikiclub NT is raising the Northern Territory’s profile on Wikipedia

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A companionable rooster

By Anne Manne

Why are our pets so pampered?

Medicine

Precious sleep

By Karen Hitchcock

Why do we do so little of something so good?

Medicine

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Books

Beyond imagination

By Anna Goldsworthy

Nobel Prize–winning journalist Svetlana Alexievich brings together an extraordinarily diverse group of Russian voices

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Books

Strong boots

By Barry Hill

Tom Griffiths’ ‘The Art of Time Travel’ is a thoughtful look at some of Australia’s most prominent historians

Who’s up, who’s down

Film

Who’s up, who’s down

By Leigh Sales

Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s documentary ‘Weiner’ charts the fall of a congressman who can’t keep out of the spotlight

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Film

Shamania

By Luke Davies

Ciro Guerra’s ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ brings together two Amazonian encounters

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Music

Stuck in a moment

By Anwen Crawford

The Avalanches’ ‘Wildflower’ isn’t the comeback we needed

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August 2016