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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael McKernan
- 30 March 2009
3 Comments
With typical irreverence we have taken some glee in the
conflict between politicians and the military. Indeed in
our history there has been tension, not to say a distrust,
between the military and politicians in Australia.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Garry Kinnane
- 04 March 2009
6 Comments
In 1972 Auden abandoned New York to live at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was given a cottage in the grounds, and was expected to give occasional talks and be available to
students. It turned out not to be the success everyone had hoped for.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Alexandra Coghlan
- 16 January 2009
Landscape has long been acknowledged as central to Australian colonial history. In contrast to the harsh conditions endured by
settlers in Sydney Cove, convicts in Tasmania experienced a veritable Eden. (March 2008)
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AUSTRALIA
- Ruby J. Murray
- 14 January 2009
Paradoxes can be hard to digest, but it doesn't mean they're not good for you. During question time, the panellists try hard not to disagree with each other on the state of modern feminism. My g-string's giving me a wedgie, and I shift uncomfortably. (October 2008)
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 05 January 2009
2 Comments
The modern Olympic torch relay was initiated by the Nazi
leadership in 1936 to uphold the image of the Third Reich as a dynamic and
expanding influence. Those who extinguished the Beijing torch in protest against human rights violations in Tibet recognise its origins and potency as a political symbol. (April 2008)
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EDUCATION
- Ben Coleridge
- 12 December 2008
5 Comments
Widespread subject cuts and reductions in staff numbers have eaten away at students' plans and rendered the new breadth component impotent. Horizons seem to be shrinking, which makes it increasingly difficult to 'dream large'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ruby Hamad
- 04 December 2008
4 Comments
'New Wave' Australian films of the '70s and '80s, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Breaker Morant, wooed audiences and critics. This weekend, four films that few Australians have seen will vie for top honours at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ruby J. Murray
- 03 October 2008
10 Comments
Paradoxes can be hard to digest, but it doesn't mean they're not good for you. During question time, the panellists try hard not to disagree with each other on the state of modern feminism. My g-string's giving me a wedgie, and I shift uncomfortably.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- John Bartlett
- 29 August 2008
1 Comment
In 2003 Elders of the Ngarrindjeri Nation stood up to the South Australian
Governor on traditional
lands issues. The same spirit of defiance personifies this chronicle of the stories and aspirations of powerful Ngarrindjeri women.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Patricia Pak Poy
- 15 August 2008
1 Comment
How would it feel to be a child soldier in West Africa, forced to rape and kill at the age of 15? And where might you seek redemption amid such horrors?
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AUSTRALIA
- Marko Beljac
- 16 June 2008
A new Bush Administration policy opens the door to proportionate nuclear strikes against states that transfer fissile material to terrorists — even if the material is stolen, not knowingly leaked. Such a 'negligence doctrine' increases the chance of inadvertent nuclear war.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 13 June 2008
Earlier this month, Islamic zealots the Defenders of Islam attacked a Muslim sect
they accuse of apostasy. In My Friend the Fanatic Sadanand Dhume falls
on his strength of constructing narratives to explore the rise of radicalism in Indonesia.
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