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A former army commander who once declared "the army should never be involved in politics", Surayud Chulanont, was appointed Thailand's interim prime minister at the weekend. But the irony of this appointment matters little in a coup marked by paradoxes.
The history, the current circumstances
Peter Pierce goes to the races.
Thoughts from all over.
Jenny Zimmer looks at Patrick McCaughey’s The Bright Shapes and the True Names.
Kerrie O’Brien tells the story of Martin Flanagan.
Poems by Evan Jones
Revisiting the government of Billy McMahon
The fire at the Camp Sovereignty Aboriginal protest action staged to coincide with the Melbourne Commonwealth Games was finally extinguished last week. Some believe it has thrust indigenous rights back onto the political agenda, while others believe the action has inadvertently reversed years of hard work.
Celia Conlan reviews Stephanie Bennett’s The Gatton Murders.
Peter McConchie interviews Indigenous elders.
Warning signs for the Whitlam Government were there in 1974, with an ailing economy, a political storm in the Senate, sliding popularity and a scandal unfolding in secret.
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