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AUSTRALIA

Warne's world of Hollywood and the modern Ashes
- Binoy Kampmark
- 22 January 2007
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Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, he is seen as the reviver of cricket. For better or worse, he brought cricket up-to-speed with other sports, in terms of quality, and scandal. Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, Australians remain loyal to his superiority. Warne is seen as the reviver of cricket, bringing slow bowling back from the desert.
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AUSTRALIA

Who makes you proud to be Australian?
- Michael Mullins
- 22 January 2007
2 Comments
One notable Australian who is not a candidate for Australian of the Year 2007 is Shane Warne. But maybe a morally repentant Warne could be a future contender.
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AUSTRALIA

Blind cricket tourist who sees the point of sport
- Paul Daffey
- 24 December 2006
Andy Gemmell, who is 54, is in Australia on a long holiday during which he’s going to the cricket and the races and catching up with friends he met through the Compton Arms in Islington, London. The main difference between Andy and other Ashes tourists is that Andy is blind. From 12 December 2006.
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RELIGION

Blind cricket tourist who sees the point of sport
- Paul Daffey
- 23 December 2006
Andy Gemmell, who is 54, is in Australia on a long holiday during which he’s going to the cricket and the races and catching up with friends he met through the Compton Arms in Islington, London. The main difference between Andy and other Ashes tourists is that Andy is blind.
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AUSTRALIA

First Test thumping won't reverse ageing of Australian cricketers
- James Massola
- 11 December 2006
1 Comment
Dennis Lillee's recent comments about the Australians paying the price for having such an elderly team were shouted down from just about all quarters. Lillee could have held his tongue, given his own privileged circumstances—but then perhaps he did have a point.
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RELIGION

Emotional and intellectual tensions rising in cloning debate
- Frank Brennan
- 30 October 2006
1 Comment
As senators reflected on the role of religious thinking in discussion of embryonic cloning, Senator Kay Patterson responded testily to Bishop Anthony Fisher: "Dear me, I might be excommunicated!" This week, the Australian Catholic University brings together two Catholic medical scientists, and two Catholic ethicists, with opposing views.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Cricket King's saintly gestures
- Tony Smith
- 18 September 2006
The reactions of many Australians to the deaths of a crocodile showman and a racing car driver suggest that media images canonise our secular saints. Meanwhile the fictional Chris Anderson's love for his family and friends, and his integrity and humility, are very appealing characteristics.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The Consolations of Biography
- Peter Rose
- 08 July 2006
Peter Rose on writing Rose Boys.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Year of the scapegoat
- Brian Matthews
- 06 July 2006
‘Pavillon now OPEN. Surving FOOD and DRIN’. This sign, propped up outside Spencer Street Station, was attracting a lot of passing attention the other morning.
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AUSTRALIA

News from everywhere
- Eureka Street editors
- 05 July 2006
San Egidio activists, Pacem in Terris, giving time, anatomy rules, learning politics, and re-calling Tim Lane.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Bowled over
- Brian Matthews
- 26 June 2006
Some time in November 1962, I decided to upgrade my living arrangements from squalid to moderately conventional ...
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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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Keywords: Test Cricket