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  • AUSTRALIA

    The cultural heritage cost of Kakadu tourism

    • Colin Long
    • 05 February 2008
    2 Comments

    From Ubirr, the wetlands, verdant and abundant with birdlife, stretch to the fringing escarpment. In a place so full of the beauties of nature, one feels keenly the absence of its traditional owners. For Australian and overseas visitors to experience this view, they lost their land.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Future doctor's challenge to Federal Health Minister

    • Matthew Dobson
    • 23 January 2008
    5 Comments

    More money will not necessarily buy quality healthcare system. How funding is spent is critical. Despite the spending disparity, health outcomes in the United States are comparable to those of Costa Rica.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Aboriginal art before it became an industry

    • Rosemary Crumlin
    • 22 January 2008

    At Turkey Creek, George Mung had carved a statue out of a piece of tree, a work of extraordinary beauty. Here it was, sitting on top of a hot-water system. 'You take it,' he said, 'I'll do another one.' (Eureka Street March 1991)

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Pomp and circumstance

    • Tim Martyn
    • 18 May 2007

    Tim Martyn gets up close and personal on the campaign trail

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Surviving

    • Caroline Williamson
    • 09 July 2006

    Poem by Caroline Williamson

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  • AUSTRALIA

    News from everywhere

    • Eureka Street editors
    • 09 July 2006

    Latham negotiates political ladders, lovely views at the gallery and passports to freedom.

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  • INFORMATION

    Peace drums in Europe

    • Michael McKernan, Frank O’Shea, Mark Deasey, Morag Fraser, John Carmody, Brigid Hains, Pip Robertson
    • 03 July 2006

    Peace drums, Irish visitor, Travellers’ tales, Epiphanies, Deep structure, Counter-terrorism kits, Circling the square

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  • AUSTRALIA

    It comes down to Trafalgar Square

    • Morag Fraser
    • 26 June 2006
    1 Comment

    As the first anniversary of the London bombings approaches, people celebrate England's football victory, and Trafalgar Square is under repair. Celebration and cleaning mark the resilience of London and its refusal to allow fear to dominate public life.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Colourful ties

    • Jenny Zimmer
    • 15 June 2006

    Jenny Zimmer looks at Patrick McCaughey’s The Bright Shapes and the True Names.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Sumptuous feast

    • Ruth Lovell
    • 07 June 2006

    Ruth Lovell savours Tiepolo’s Cleopatra by Jaynie Anderson.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Grand masters

    • Don Gazzard
    • 22 May 2006

    Don Gazzard on Bellini, the architect for the re-design of the NGV.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Dan and Mel get religion

    • Michael McGirr
    • 11 May 2006

    While Dan Brown and Mel Gibson can draw a crowd, Michael McGirr finds their stories still miss the mark.

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