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ARTS AND CULTURE

Imagination beguiles in dystopic Russian debut
- Jen Vuk
- 11 July 2008
Amid the Eastern Bloc ruins, Sasha wears her disenfranchisement like a seasoned dissident, while her mother wants to turn her into a good little Soviet. Petropolis employs comic absurdity in order to examine the human condition.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Young writers uncaged
- Gabrielle Bridges
- 28 May 2008
1 Comment
One of the teenage mums writes poetry. The Goths are into dragons and wizards. A girl in a wheelchair says, 'Melanie. A novel.' A tattooed youth drawls, 'Sean. Dirty realism.' Reading work aloud is voluntary but most are keen.
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RELIGION

Civil disobedience a democratic safeguard
- Frank Brennan
- 07 March 2008
8 Comments
Last month, members of the Pine Gap Four 'citizens inspection team' were acquitted in a Darwin court. Parliamentary committees, juries and the citizen's right to civil disobedience are necessary safeguards for liberty when government is tempted to use the legal sledgehammer to crack the nut of political dissent.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Australia's rank river embodies land-use dilemma
- Margaret Simons
- 20 February 2008
7 Comments
The onset of blue-green algae caused the Murray's smell to change from rank to fetid. Halting the damage to the Murray-Darling basin is essential to our financial survival, yet it may be that it is impossible to stop the damage without also causing critical economic damage. — Eureka Street, March 1993
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RELIGION

Politicians need capacity to imagine heaven
- Andrew Hamilton
- 22 August 2007
2 Comments
It is surprising how little the political parties have to offer in the lead up to the Federal Election. They do not present themselves as nation builders with visions of a prosperous and happy society, but as technicians with a bare promise that we will be better off financially.
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AUSTRALIA

Lifelong friends at first sight
- Chris Fotinopoulos
- 08 August 2007
Friendship and family are invariably mentioned in the same breath. Although most parents expect their children to trust family ahead of friends, children tend to place greater faith in friends, who are more likely to ‘allow them to breathe’.
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ECONOMICS

Financial decisions not value-free
- Les Coleman
- 08 August 2007
Investors are buyers of financial products and services and this affords them a unique opportunity to shape the nature of markets and financial institutions. They should not be shy to use their power to promote sustainability.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Novels' modern characters draw empathy
- Tony Smith
- 27 February 2007
World literature is much richer for the input of Italian Andrea Camilleri, Australian Peter Corris and Scot Ian Rankin. They have mastered the art of presenting modern characters in contemporary situations.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Nomads' perspective on destruction of the planet
- Robert Hefner
- 22 January 2007
After many thousands of years, modernity is sweeping away nomadic existence. Cosmologies such as Aboriginal Dreaming encode irreplaceable knowledge of the natural world, and nomadic cultures emphasise qualities of tolerance, adaptability and human interconnectedness.
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AUSTRALIA

Between overs
- Morag Fraser
- 07 July 2006
Welcome to our Summer issue. As we prepared this holiday edition it was raining in Victoria.
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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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ARTS AND CULTURE

The question mark
- Terry Monagle
- 26 June 2006
1 Comment
Experiencing death in the midst of life
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