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01 July 2005
Australian film-makers have to date been much better at reflecting the often ugly reality of racial relations than at imagining a different future
Richard Campbell debunks the myths about global oil reserves.
Peter Pierce is troubled by the uncertain tone in Helen Nolan’s Between the Battles
Poems by Chris Wallace-Crabbe and Aileen Kell
Poem by Michael Farrell
Letters from Joan Kimm, Michael Donovan and Tim Usherwood
The view from Palermo
Louise Crowe reviews Tony Kevin’s A Certain Maritime Incident: The Sinking of the SIEV X.
Brian Doyle makes the most of a furry situation.
Robert Hefner meets the outspoken editor of Harper’s Magazine, Lewis H. Lapham.
Good old Kim Beazley has now been Leader of the Opposition again for six months. He gave a great speech after the Budget, even if he, and his advisers, made a complete mess of their tactics in opposing the Government’s tax cuts.
Jack Carmody reflects on the life of Fr Ted Kennedy, pastor to Sydney’s urban indigenous community.
David Glanz finds that talk of democracy is a double-edged sword.
The common African past of both the Dominican Republic and Haiti continues to be a wound
In the flurry of media reports surrounding the stem cell debate, it can be difficult to grasp exactly what the research involves. Professor John Martin of St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research outlines the science and the ethical implications.
Eureka Street extends its congratulations to Tony Kevin, author of A Certain Maritime Incident: The Sinking of the SIEV X.
Out of jail but not free
Christopher Gleeson praises Roslyn Arnold’s Empathic Intelligence: Teaching, Learning, Relating.
John Button reviews The Great Labor Schism: A Retrospective, edited by Brian Costar, Peter Love and Paul Strangio.
Ben Fraser laments the demise of genuine news and current affairs.
John Kinsella translates Arthur Rimbaud’s Voyelles
Frank O’Shea discovers some memorable cameo scenes in Bono on Bono. Conversation with Michka Assay.
Reviews of the films The Assassination of Richard Nixon, 2046 and Ae Fond Kiss.
Peter Porter is one contemporary poet who breathes new life into existing works of art by letting them speak in the language of poetry
For those with a feel for European or Australian history, the rejection of the constitution in France and the Netherlands is deeply concerning.
The children of Niger are the innocent victims of religious fanaticism
Les Mogg reviews Brotherboys: The Story of Jim and Phillip Krakouer.
I always did like the telly more than was good for me—but frequently as I churn the remote through umpty-five digital cable channels I find nothing that’s any good.
From humble peasant beginnings in rural China to international success as a dancer and author, Li Cunxin has achieved a destiny that few dared to dream.
Reading the Sydney Writers’ Festival
It is common knowledge that the Dunny School of Philosophy owes little to the medieval philosopher Duns Scotus.
Reviews of the books Labour of Love: Tales from the World of Midwives; The Long, Slow Death of White Australia and The Dead Place.
Jeffrey Grey challenges some of Cameron Forbes’s conclusions in Hellfire: The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners of War.