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ARTS AND CULTURE

Here we are now, entertain us
- Barry Gittins
- 01 May 2024
2 Comments
The raw power of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ blasted Nirvana past the mainstream and into the realm of music immortality. So what was it about Cobain’s music that resonated with young people in the early 90s and continues to find vast audiences 30 years later?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Near life experiences
- Barry Gittins
- 18 April 2023
Near-death experiences can serve as stark reminders of the fragility of life, prompting us to cherish the moments that transcend routine and monotony. Whether it's the wit of a child, the intimacy with a partner, or the tranquility of nature, these moments awaken us to the gift of life.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Our mothers called us little fish
- Chelsea Candy
- 02 November 2017
2 Comments
You'd swear a dinghy was alive. Sometimes she was sluggish and moody, refusing to set, dragging me along a grey sea. Or she hurtled like a stallion, not caring if we won or if we went over, me hanging off the side by my ankle straps, not knowing where we would end.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Cloud meditations
- Wally Swist
- 02 October 2017
2 Comments
Even when I was a child, I had a distinct intuition that I had lived previous lives in which I was trying to enlighten others around me. I find most people are not receptive.
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INTERNATIONAL

Calculated risks, incalculable rewards in India
- Catherine Marshall
- 27 May 2016
3 Comments
In 2013 I attended an event so exclusive, so unique, it wouldn't happen again for another 144 years. It was the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, where, over a six-week period, an estimated 120 million Hindu pilgrims converged on the banks of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Sarasweti Rivers in order to perform puja, or the cleansing of their sins. If we're open to what travel seeks to teach us, we'll gain from it the most superior of educations, and the most profound lessons in humility.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

No life without if
- Yuan Changming
- 03 May 2016
6 Comments
No belief without a lie. No business without sin. No character without an act. No coffee without a fee. No courage without rage. No culture without a cult. No entrance without a trance. No epicenter without an epic. No Europe without a rope. No freedom without a reed. No friendship without an end. No fundamentalism without mental fun.
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EDUCATION

Uni fee changes will erase egalitarianism
- Paul Rodan
- 03 June 2014
13 Comments
An unregulated fee regime will result in an increase in course costs and will mean substantially larger debts for students after their periods of study. The prestigious Group of Eight institutions can be expected to exploit their reputational positions to charge top dollar. How does a 17-year-old decide whether selecting the degree from the prestige university over the same course at a newer institution justifies an extra decade of debt?
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INTERNATIONAL

No Buddhist bullets in Thai turmoil
- Paul Kay
- 24 January 2014
4 Comments
It's often said in Thailand that the three pillars of Thai society are Buddhism, the monarchy and the nation, or political system. In recent months I've witnessed many noisy anti-government protests in Bangkok where political groups have been very visible. But amid the turmoil, Buddhism and the monarchy are notably absent. The low profile of the monarchy is easily explained. The absence of Buddhism is more puzzling.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The ant's prayer
- Vinay Verma
- 23 March 2010
As angels of innocence cast .. Imperfect shadows .. God idioms are intoned .. Perfunctory .. As morning ablutions .. Disciples invoking pacts of compromise .. Offering souls and solutions .. Silent in their conspiracy
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AUSTRALIA

Aged care in purgatory
- Scott Stephens
- 01 June 2009
10 Comments
Our failure to care for and honour our elderly is one of the great causes of moral impoverishment in our culture. Lives tempered by age and hard-earned virtue are gifts from God. It is to our detriment that we ignore them.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Nationals need Warren Truss to live up to his name
- Brian Matthews
- 12 December 2007
2 Comments
Revealing his poetic side when the ship was turned away from Kuwait, Truss explained to Parliament that the sheep were beginning 'their long, lonely journey down the gulf'. As the responsible minister, he later repressed his lyricism and reverted to political jargon.
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AUSTRALIA

Polling whether politicians should go to heaven
- Clive Hamilton
- 08 August 2007
14 Comments
The results of the Australia's Institute's recent polling on the question reflect more than simple political judgments. While the Prime Minister seems to work hard at signalling his Christian beliefs, his moral standing appears tarnished by a widespread view that he is 'mean and tricky'.
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