Australian politics, society & culture

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The snip
It’s a simple procedure, but having a vasectomy can raise questions of masculinity and equality
By Ceridwen Dovey
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Image of Akon Guode
Why she broke
The woman, her children and the lake: Akon Guode’s tragic story
By Helen Garner
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Arrested development
James Packer has been down, but he’s not out
By Richard Cooke
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Not-church on time
The Weekly Service offers a different kind of communion
By Sylvia Rowley
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The hand of faith
In 1980 a giant gold nugget changed the Hillier family’s fortunes
By Lisa Clausen
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Rough times
Homelessness has reached crisis levels in Melbourne and Sydney
By Paul Connolly
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Geert by sea
It took two weeks and endless bureaucracy to honour a dying wish
By Claire Konkes
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Cover of The Healing Party
‘The Healing Party’ by Micheline Lee
Black Inc.; $29.99
By Helen Elliott
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Sweet dark purpose
Scaling the IVF mountain in Julia Leigh’s ‘Avalanche’
By Anna Goldsworthy
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The gentlemen’s club
Having a baby and having a medical career
By Karen Hitchcock
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Georgie Stone
Trans teens
When human nature and the law intersect
By Jenan Taylor
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Stan Grant
The advocate
On Stan Grant’s radical hope
By Anne Manne
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The boomer supremacy
The dominance of baby boomers is becoming total
By Richard Cooke
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Holy flark
The Watson family take on ‘Family Feud’
By Paul Connolly
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A very, very bad word
Sometimes you need to swear on the radio
By Red Symons
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Cultural hazards
How do emergency services respond to the LGBTI community?
By Jenan Taylor
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Penny Wong
It’s time
The case for marriage equality
By Penny Wong
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A beautiful mess
When European Christmas meets Australian suburbia
By Robert Skinner
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