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Keywords: Warne

  • INFORMATION

    Defending Abbott and Santamaria

    • Gerard Henderson
    • 17 August 2010
    8 Comments

    How times change. Early in the 20th Century, it was Protestant Orangemen who warned Australians not to vote for a Catholic. In the early 21 Century, such warnings are now delivered by a former Catholic priest in a publication of the Jesuit Order. –Gerard Henderson, The Sydney Institute

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Clarke, Bingle and the prurience of celebrity media coverage

    • Michael Mullins
    • 15 March 2010
    15 Comments

    For the past week we've been transfixed by the disintegrating relationship between a promising cricket vice captain and a famous model. The good that celebrities do receives scant media attention compared with exhaustive reporting of the details of their relationships and wealth. 

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    The allure of J. D. Salinger and Shane Warne

    • Brian Doyle
    • 03 February 2010
    6 Comments

    Just as Brits were more absorbed by Byron's life than his work, and Australians were absorbed by Shane Warne's antics more than his artistry, J. D. Salinger grew more famous for retreating from public life, than for his masterpieces.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Greedy Australia in a league of its own

    • Michael Mullins
    • 04 August 2008
    2 Comments

    Accusations of greed followed Canterbury Bulldogs star Sonny Bill Williams' decision to break his contract and accept a lucrative deal with a French union club. Greed is surprisingly pervasive in Australia. The reintroduction of death duties might keep it in check.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Living death

    • Richard White
    • 20 June 2008
    3 Comments

    Apophatic theology emphasises what we do not know about the great mysteries. Sweet Sorrow is a map for the mystery of death, but just as maps of old warned 'here there be dragons', this account cautions, 'here there be questions'.

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  • INFORMATION

    My Australian Father of the Year

    • 01 February 2007
    2 Comments

    Geoff Richardson makes an unusal suggestion for Father of the Year. (From January 30th, 2007)

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Who makes you proud to be Australian?

    • Michael Mullins
    • 22 January 2007
    2 Comments

    One notable Australian who is not a candidate for Australian of the Year 2007 is Shane Warne. But maybe a morally repentant Warne could be a future contender.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Warne's world of Hollywood and the modern Ashes

    • Binoy Kampmark
    • 22 January 2007
    3 Comments

    Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, he is seen as the reviver of cricket. For better or worse, he brought cricket up-to-speed with other sports, in terms of quality, and scandal. Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, Australians remain loyal to his superiority. Warne is seen as the reviver of cricket, bringing slow bowling back from the desert.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    First Test thumping won't reverse ageing of Australian cricketers

    • James Massola
    • 11 December 2006
    1 Comment

    Dennis Lillee's recent comments about the Australians paying the price for having such an elderly team were shouted down from just about all quarters. Lillee could have held his tongue, given his own privileged circumstances—but then perhaps he did have a point.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Thorpie proves mortality is no vice

    • Binoy Kampmark
    • 11 December 2006

    In the end, Thorpe was swimming against himself. There were rivals, but there was nothing left, other than the treadmill of performances. The admission came in his last conference: "I needed a closing point." There is reason for him to be proud.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Fluid interpretations

    • Tim Thwaites
    • 03 July 2006

    Archimedes was heartened by one aspect of the whole sad Warne anti-doping affair—that people knew enough about the issues to filter out the bulldust.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Belonging: One fan’s Tugga Waugh

    • Gabriel Smith
    • 06 June 2006

    Gabriel Smith salutes Steve Waugh.

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