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AUSTRALIA

Obama masks and New York monks
- Alexandra Collier
- 31 October 2008
1 Comment
In Brooklyn, politics and Halloween overlap. On one house, a 'Vote McCain' sign abuts another, declaring, 'Haunted House'. As the West Village prepares for its annual parade, the homeless sit in a curve, supplicating to the wealthy.
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Noor's ambiguous curry
- Cara Munro
- 08 October 2008
5 Comments
Noor, an Albanian refugee, ran a slick kitchen; a vital, sunny-windowed place. Since his accident, a piece of his skull is missing and a thick line of cable stitching closes the place where his brain was exposed.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Another victim of bureaucratic sludge
- Brian Matthews
- 18 June 2008
1 Comment
Things are Kafkaesque when you are caught in a labyrinth of unmanageable and inexplicable circumstances. I sprang to the phone and a pleasant, robotic female voice told me how valuable I was and that I was sixth in the queue.
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AUSTRALIA

Why public servants leak
- Tony Kevin
- 05 June 2008
3 Comments
All is not well between the Prime Minister and the Public Service, as evidenced by the leak of Cabinet documents related to Fuelwatch. Such a leak may have been avoided had Rudd removed notoriously Howard-compliant departmental heads upon taking office.
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AUSTRALIA

Peace process perspective from Nahr el-Bared
- Kylie Baxter
- 07 February 2008
The view of the peace process in the West Bank is bleak, but the outlook from the refugee camps of Lebanon is even darker. Palestinians generally believe there is a deliberate Lebanese campaign to destroy the camp.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Playwrights finger reality missed by politicians
- Richard Flynn
- 09 January 2008
As Australians wait for a Federal election, Hilary Glow’s book is timely evidence that what is wrong with the world is what politicians would have us believe. Contemporary playwrights are wrestling with the issues seen as crucial to the notion of who we really are as Australians in the twenty-first century. From 17 October 2007.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Playwrights finger reality missed by politicians
- Richard Flynn
- 17 October 2007
As Australians wait for a Federal election, Hilary Glow’s book is timely evidence that what is wrong with the world is what politicians would have us believe. Contemporary playwrights are wrestling with the issues seen as crucial to the notion of who we really are as Australians in the twenty-first century.
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RELIGION

Hiroshima insider's imprint on Jesuit sensibility
- Andrew Hamilton
- 08 August 2007
2 Comments
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Pedro Arrupe, the Basque Jesuit who worked in Japan and later became the Jesuits' Superior General. He was present at Hiroshima on 6 August 6 1945, the day on which the atomic bomb was dropped.
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AUSTRALIA

Opening Whitlam’s cabinet
- Troy Bramston
- 09 July 2006
The annual release of the once secret cabinet papers on New Year’s Day is now a political ritual. After 30 years, the public is able to look at cabinet’s deliberations on weighty matters, which have been kept under lock and key for a generation.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Film reviews
- Morag Fraser, Brett Evans, Juliette Hughes
- 02 July 2006
Reviews of the ﬁlms All or Nothing; Punch Drunk Love; Johnny English; and The Man Without A Past
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INTERNATIONAL

Shooting tourists in Cambodia
- Elizabeth Ascroft
- 26 June 2006
2 Comments
Tourists in Cambodia can combine a visit to the Killing Fields with a trip to the shooting range. There they can shoot at outlines of human bodies. The juxtaposition shows a lack of respect for the Cambodian dead.
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AUSTRALIA

Where continents collide
- Peter Pierce
- 15 June 2006
Peter Pierce’s postcard from Turkey.
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