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Major/minor
With a minority government more than likely, why are the major parties abandoning the issues that voters care about? In 2022, Anthony Albanese swept into majority government despite a swing away from ...
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Pain’s handmaiden
In a Quiet cul-de-sac in Wodonga, on the border of Victoria and New South Wales, Serena Brejcha retrieves a two-metre-long banner from its cardboard sheath. Quietly, she unfurls it. It is barely ...
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The shooter
New short fiction about a life changed by an incident on a remote property outside Sydney, where the city’s youth come to drink and shoot guns When I heard the first shot I was alone in the cottage ...
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‘This is what life is really like every day’
When my son was small, one of my favourite books to read with him was The Flyaway Alphabet by Mary Murphy. In this story, the alphabet’s letters are kept in a cage – thick bars and heavy padlock – by ...
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Amy Remeikis
0 ENTRIES is the chief political correspondent at the Australia Institute.
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Amy Remeikis on what the election should be about
Chief political analyst at the Australia Institute Amy Remeikis on the big questions we should be asking our politicians – and why now is the time to do so. As the federal election campaign kicked off ...
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Gilded pleasures: ‘The Leopard’ and ‘The White Lotus’
Netflix’s Italian period drama is glorious with intense performances and visual detail, but the latest season of Binge’s hit satire of privilege and psychopaths falls flat You might feel that our ...
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Niall Williams’ ‘Time of the Child’
The Irish author returns to the setting of his acclaimed novel ‘This Is Happiness’, for an exalted mystery of a baby abandoned at Christmas Here is the opening line of Niall Williams’ new novel: “This ...
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Heart of Glass: Listening to Philip Glass
A guide to approaching the formidable catalogue of the influential 88-year-old American composer Philip Glass’s reputation precedes him – you’ve heard of him, even if you haven’t heard his music. He ...
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Lessons from Chernobyl
Memories of radiation in Europe after the 1986 accident provide a stark lesson for those supporting nuclear power in Australia The February 14 drone attack on Chernobyl’s super-shielded reactor ...
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A review of the literature
Coming back to Perth after a decent stint away, one can feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle waking from his 20-year snooze to find his village near unrecognisable, the American Revolution having come and ...