October 2013 Volume LVII, No. 10
Hal Colebatch: Inside an Outsider
A Contender for Australia’s Worst Law
The unions’ war on Australia
Looking Squarely at “Gay Marriage”
I Can Call Spirits
Three poems
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Australia and Australian writing is poorer today for the death of Hal G.P. Colebatch, author of history, fiction and poetry, polymath, lawyer and winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award. In his honour and memory, we today republish Tony Thomas' 2013 profile of his fellow West AustralianSeptember 10, 2019
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The objective was to foil illegal Third World logging. The result is higher costs for businesses and consumers, increased building costs and less-competitive domestic timber producersOctober 30, 2013
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As Japanese forces attacked Milne Bay, watersiders went on strike to prevent munitions being loaded. Not all enemies were beyond our shores
October 27, 2013
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In what Margaret Whitlam would have called the “hoo-hah” […]
October 1, 2013
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For the last thirty years or more, film archives […]
October 1, 2013
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Dad, this is none of your business! You never […]
October 1, 2013
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Visits with My Wicked Charmer Dad My wicked […]
October 1, 2013
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Air Disaster Canberra: The Plane Crash That Destroyed a […]
October 1, 2013
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The withdrawal of Western combat forces from Afghanistan in 2014, […]
October 1, 2013
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I made my first visit to Israel in November […]
October 1, 2013
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A History of Silence: A Memoir by Lloyd Jones Text, […]
October 1, 2013
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Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy by Michael Pembrok […]
October 1, 2013
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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe by Anne Applebaum […]
October 1, 2013
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Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes featured in articles […]
October 1, 2013
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Irony is unstoppable. A swish. A whack. Chop goes […]
October 1, 2013
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Red velvet cabbages Red velvet cabbages flop heavy-scented on […]
October 1, 2013
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It is an honour, on behalf of our staff […]
October 1, 2013
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Make it Merely Obligatory Sir: Refreshing to read the reasoned […]
October 1, 2013
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Probably all the readers of these lines, whether they […]
October 1, 2013
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The 100 Days: Claiming Back New Zealand by Amy Brooke […]
October 1, 2013
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Montenegro kicked off the Balkan Wars, and la bande […]
October 1, 2013
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It is half past ten on Saturday night and […]
October 1, 2013
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Sydney Anglicanism: An Apology by Michael P. Jensen Wipf & […]
October 1, 2013
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The motel was close to Los Angeles Airport and […]
October 1, 2013
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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe by Anne Applebaum […]
October 1, 2013
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The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America […]
October 1, 2013
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Erich Fromm was out. Max Horkheimer, the director of […]
October 1, 2013
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I was standing alone pretending to be interested in […]
October 1, 2013
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Athenæum Club Melbourne: A New History of the Early […]
October 1, 2013
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Context is always essential for understanding, and so it is […]
October 1, 2013
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You will never hear a politician explaining what is wrong with “direct democracy”—they just hope the ideas don’t catch on
October 1, 2013
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Australia is the first nation in modern history to secure […]
October 1, 2013
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Incineration I reckon they’ll be sorry, historians and […]
October 1, 2013
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♦Rupert played at the Arts Centre Melbourne Playhouse from […]
October 1, 2013
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About twenty years ago I took a phone call […]
October 1, 2013
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But I was glad I had recorded for him […]
October 1, 2013
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School pick-up, winter The young mothers stand around […]
October 1, 2013
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W. Macmahon Ball: Politics for the People by Ai […]
October 1, 2013
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This year marks the seventieth anniversary of Simone Weil’s […]
October 1, 2013
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Gentlemen & Players: The Death of Amateurism in Cricket […]
October 1, 2013
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Niccolò Machiavelli: An Intellectual Biography by Corrado Vivanti Princeton […]
October 1, 2013
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On Hearing “Sail Along Silvery Moon” “Sail Along […]
October 1, 2013
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On my first day as a volunteer with Meals […]
October 1, 2013
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