Seven years after the optimism born of independence, East Timor burns. Rival gangs fight in the streets, Australian soldiers try to keep the peace, and the people of Dili wait to see whether calm can be restored.
Life in Kabul.
The move to private education is not always what parents might hope.
Anthony Ham follows the historical footsteps toward Mecca.
It is worth contemplating the dismal failures of conservative coalitions at state level while John Howard’s star has increased, and his own revolutionary shifts in the federal compact.
Madeleine Byrne takes to the streets of Hong Kong for a pro-democracy march
Don Gazzard visits the national libraries of France and Britain.
Australia’s agreement with Papua New Guinea over the use of Manus Island as an off-shore detention and processing centre for asylum seekers, expired at the end of October.
‘We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president’, said Michael Moore at the 2003 Academy Awards. Nothing has happened yet.
Peter Davis looks at the efforts of Sri Lanka to eradicate landmines.
Ben Fraser follows Sally Neighbour through In the Shadow of Swords: On the trail of terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia.
The population is ageing. In 40 years, seven million Australians—a quarter of the population—will be aged 65 or older. So what’s the answer to this as a public policy dilemma?
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