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The story of Irwin's life, already being written, will conclude that he was a good conservationist, a global ambassador for protecting 'dangerous' animals. But how can the owner of a zoo be worthy of such a title? Zoos are enclosures that imply a loss of sanctuary and celebrate the subjugation of nature.
While musing on current events in Lebanon, Brian Matthews' globe of memory begins to spin back to a time and place perhaps not so different to today.
Reviews of Frontier Justice: Weapons of mass destruction and the bushwacking of America; Best Australian political cartoons and Quarterly Essay, ‘Made in England: Australia’s British Inheritance’.
New Year’s resolutions: 1. No more TV IQ tests that expose one’s innumeracies and estimate one’s intelligence at somewhere between a One Nation voter and a newt.
Peter Rose on writing Rose Boys.
Reviews of Quarterly Essay, Groundswell: the Rise of the Greens; The Tournament; The Writer and the World and Wild Politics.
Penelope Buckley reflects on Aileen Kelly’s City and Stranger.
On your bus, Kerala leads, Sudan in Australia, Coming to terms.
Peter Steele looks at poetry about the birds and beasts.
Juliette Hughes talks with the animals.
Art speaks, but we sometimes need translation
June Saunders was a little-known Queensland poet with a wealth of potential
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