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AUSTRALIA

A moment to dream about
- Michael McVeigh
- 07 June 2022
Before the game, Richmond players of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent were encircled and then honoured by their teammates. The sight of non-indigenous Richmond players on their knees while their teammates stood proudly before them was powerful and moving. It felt like a significant moment in the club’s history. To get to that moment, authentically, was not easy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Flashback to the coronation scene
- Vasilka Pateras, Barry Gittins, Racheal Chie
- 10 November 2020
Real power never changes hands. And yet like a spell, we cast our votes in a ballot box for the same corrupt government.
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ENVIRONMENT

After the climate strike
- Bronwyn Lay
- 23 September 2019
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These strikes aren't solely sites of protestation but rather a chance to step out of the individual grey loneliness to come together for our collective future in intergenerational solidarity. There is something powerful and visceral about putting your body on the street, in the public forum, with other bodies and being vulnerable together.
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INTERNATIONAL

The politics and ethics of the moon landing
- Binoy Kampmark
- 23 July 2019
5 Comments
In 1964, sociologist Amitai Etzioni noted the misgivings of the scientific fraternity to the space program. The effort risked losing perspective. An 'extrovert activism' had taken old, obsessed with gadgets, 'rocket-powered jumps' and escapism. In terms of budgetary expenditure, this showed, with NASA spending $28 billion between 1960-73.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The Storycatcher - 17 of the best of Brian Doyle
- Brian Doyle
- 30 May 2017
3 Comments
Brian Doyle was the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, the author most recently of the essay collection Grace Notes, and a long time contributor to Eureka Street. Brian died early Saturday morning 27 May 2017 following complications related to a cancerous brain tumour, at the age of 60. Here we present a collection of some of Brian's best pieces from the past 12 years.
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AUSTRALIA

Young man burned by Australia's detention hell
- Lisa Stewart
- 26 September 2016
21 Comments
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, 21 September 2016, a young asylum seeker was forcibly removed from the Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre. With barely time to scramble his possessions together, he was taken away, placed on a plane and, along with four others, transferred to the high security detention facility on Christmas Island. Why? Because he's done something wrong? Because he's a criminal? No. Just because that's the way we now do things here.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The boys' pranged up moment of shared and shed untruths
- Kevin Gillam
- 27 January 2015
beering, untangling, cruising, jaunty and blooming, the boys, in the ambered half light, the boys
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AUSTRALIA

Beyond the Obama euphoria
- Jim McDermott
- 08 November 2012
29 Comments
In recent weeks the US Catholic bishops insisted letters be read at Mass pushing congregations to vote Republican. That approach has been repudiated twice now. At some point they would be wise to reconsider their approach. A voice in the wilderness has its place, but so does reasoned, respectful discourse.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Kids circle the holy parts
- Brian Doyle
- 17 March 2011
2 Comments
They learn to lie, are just not into dental hygiene, skin their knees nine times a day, and do things like smear peanut butter on their abraded knees and shake flour on the dog. Still, best of all, better than every other joy and thrill, are kids.
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AUSTRALIA

The pilgrim’s way
- Anthony Ham
- 14 May 2006
Anthony Ham follows the historical footsteps toward Mecca.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Inferno bound
- Brian Matthews
- 11 May 2006
The timelessness of great art is not just a matter of it still being around every time you happen to look.
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