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Tanveer Ahmed
Camping's all white: you can keep it
I have just returned from a trip where I lay for hours prone on a thin strip of air with only polystyrene separating my strained back from the ground below. The rain belted down all night and its thud upon the tent sounded like a stream of thunder.
Danny Katz
Even when push comes to shove, battle of the bulge isn't in the bag
I called it Marquee Mark. It was a marquee I borrowed from my brother-in-law for a party.
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David Campbell
In an ocean of brutishness, there are some islands of decency
It seems the rest of society must bear the brunt of the actions of a selfish minority.
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Warwick McFadyen
In hope we must trust
For myself Sir, I could not have been more delighted if I had heard the music of the spheres.
Dick Gross
From one atheist to another: vale Hitch
The death of Christopher Hitchens has justifiably caused a global pause for reflection
Mark Dreyfus
Yes to a year of achievement
ABC journalist Geraldine Doogue suggested that ''by any measure, as the year draws to an end, Australia has reason to feel pleased with itself"...
Julie Bishop
We hardly caught our breath in 2011
It is the actions of people during 2011 that will arguably have the biggest impact on world history.
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Uneasy Truth
All that glitters is not gold
Mic Looby A sparkly scourge has infiltrated our homes and captivated our children.