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01 November 2004
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.
Letters from Stephen Brown, Chris Curtis and Kerry Bergin.
First time voters, paper castles, songs of joy, bounteous gifts, signs of the times
Truth emerged as a people’s favourite in the recent spring election carnival.
Between 1 January and 1 October this year I slept in at least 19 different beds.
When Labor marched to defeat in 2001, it is thought that more than half of the paid-up members of the party voted for the Greens.
The missing Munch
Senator Eugene Mccarthy
Archimedes has been in Queensland discussing science communication. Can it change society?
Poem by Peter Rose.
Mark Raper on Australia’s changing attitudes to refugees
The siege at Beslan drew the world’s attention to a long and bloody conflict
Brian Doyle considers who we are and what we might become
Kirsty Sangster looks at the effectiveness of truth commissions.
Teachers need free speech in order to teach with authority
Peter McConchie interviews Indigenous elders.
Norway has enjoyed great prosperity but this may not continue indefinitely
On the 25th anniversary of the election of the Sandinista government, Nicaragua is still subject to the machinations of Central American politics
Dorothy Horsfield visits the fastest growing Jewish community in Europe
Beth Doherty examines the response by governments and charities to poverty in Australia
Austin Cooper reviews Joanna Denny’s Anne Boleyn.
Poem by John Foulcher.
John Button peruses the diaries of Harold Macmillan.
Matthew Lamb looks at Stuart Macintyre’s The historian’s conscience.
Richard Dent shares a moment with Rhonda Galbally in Just Passions.
Godfrey Moase reviews Peter Singer’s The president of good & evil and Patricia Marchak’s Reigns of Terror.
Peter Rodgers’ Herzl’s nightmare engages Matthew Lamb.
Daniel Donahoo reviews Shirley Hazzard’s The Great Fire.
Reviews of the books: Portuguese Irregular Verbs; Dark nights of the soul;The people next door: Understanding Indonesia and Golden Threads: The Chinese in regional New South Wales.
Reviews of the films Somersault,Catwoman and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
‘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.