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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    That old black magic

    • Les Mogg
    • 25 April 2006

    Les Mogg reviews Brotherboys: The Story of Jim and Phillip Krakouer.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Commonwealth death tally

    • Peter Norden
    • 20 April 2006

    While many Australian people remain divided on the question of capital punishment, we can rejoice in the fact that in this country there is public debate about the issue.

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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Brian Matthews

    • Brian Matthews

    Brian Matthews writes the By the Way column for Eureka Street. Brian is honorary Professor of English at Flinders University, Adelaide where he taught for 25 years and was awarded Flinders' first Personal Chair in English. He was Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the University of Oregon, 1986, and subsequently held visiting professorships at the universities of Trento, Venice and Bologna. He was head of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies and professor of Australian studies at the University of London, 1993–96. In 1997 he became foundation director of the Europe Australia Institute at Victoria University, Melbourne. As a writer of biography, fiction and memoir and as a columnist for the Weekend Australian Magazine and Eureka Street, he has won numerous

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