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  • AUSTRALIA

    Why Gen Y loves Obama

    • Charles McPhedran
    • 11 June 2008
    5 Comments

    Barack Obama is more than just the rock-star candidate. His speech in Minneapolis invoked the tradition of liberal American reformers. For the majority of young loft-living leftists in New York, Obama is our JFK.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    New laws may force complicity in human rights abuse

    • Brian Toohey
    • 02 April 2007
    4 Comments

    While public attention has been focused on David Hicks, questions remain about Australia's other Guantanamo inmate. Was concern about exposure of Australia's rendering him to Egypt for torture the real reason behind his release in 2005?

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    9/11 movie more glossy heroism than gritty realism

    • Tim Kroenert
    • 16 October 2006
    1 Comment

    Among recent documentaries commemorating the fifth anniversary of September 11, one stood out as particularly harrowing. 9/11—The Falling Man makes a fascinating counterpoint to World Trade Center, the first mainstream feature film to turn its eye to that fateful day.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Not another word

    • Jim Davidson
    • 10 July 2006

    Jim Davidson’s verdict on Don Watson’s Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Longchamp | Smoke and mirrors | Island life

    • Peter Pierce, David Glanz, Tony Brennan
    • 13 June 2006

    News from around the traps.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    First impressions

    • Moira Rayner
    • 12 June 2006

    Moira Rayner reviews Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Living History.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Letter from a Chinese restaurant

    • Michael McGirr
    • 22 May 2006

    Michael McGirr farewells Alistair Cooke.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Waiting for Arthur

    • Peter Hamilton
    • 10 May 2006

    Peter Hamilton prepares to cast his first vote in a US election

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