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Reforms we have to have
Henry Ergas RESHAPING public spending must be at the heart of next year's agenda.
Seducer with a song
Iain Shedden MICHAEL Buble stays on top of his game by treating every performance as if it's his last.
Drama's big year
Graeme Blundell THERE were classy series and docos to suit every taste on the small screen.
Books of the year
Stephen Romei IN our annual books of the year wrap-up local and international authors and critics reveal their favourite reads of the past 12 months.
Time for a rethink on economy
Adam Creighton WITHOUT noticing, Australia has become a tortoise in the global recovery race.
Dirty work of empire
Sian powell EFFORTS are afoot to preserve the traces of George Orwell's Burmese days.
Less than the sum of its many parts
Dan Box THE abuse royal commission has heard significant admissions.
The stolen child
MICHAEL BODEY STEPHEN Frears talks about filming the story of a mother's 50-year search for her son.
Grundy steals the show
Michaela Boland National Arts Writer HALF of the year's best prices were achieved in a night that turned over $19m for Bonhams.
Something good for Christmas
Scott Monk OUR community's unwanted people are at the centre of this holiday, not the gifts we want.
Modern minister looks east for Israel
Rowan Callick NAFTALI Bennett has thrown off a conservative cloak to reveal some fresh ideas.
Waving the bus goodbye
JAMES JEFFREY IT'S going to be strange on Wednesday, the first Christmas in decades without the benefit of an Ian Jeffrey grizzle.
Source for a fresh angle
NECIA WILDEN ONE Sydney chef casts his seafood net wider than most.
Into the wasteland
christopher allen RUSSELL Drysdale, the most important artist in shaping our post-war sense of Australia's landscape, is also one of the most in need of rediscovery.
The train robber regrets
LUKE SLATTERY IN 1999, a writer on a visit to Rio looks up Ronnie Biggs in the phone book.
Scale of NBN disaster revealed
Annabel Hepworth and Mitchell Bingemann ZIGGY Switkowski has enlightened Stephen Conroy about the scale of the NBN disaster.
Freedom on the offensive
CHRISTIAN KERR GEORGE Brandis has prepared a human rights trap for the Left.
On the edge in Oruzgan
Amanda Hodge In Afghanistan LOCALS are nervous about what may lie in wait following the Australian pullout.
Deals, dirt and dollars
Ewin Hannan THE slush fund probe is attracting unlikely backers.
Why did we listen in on SBY's wife?
CAMERON STEWART HER political role made Indonesia's first lady a legitimate target for our spies.
Doing it tough
Ronnie Scott THERE'S freezing water, barbed wire, electric shocks, screaming - and mud. What's with this latest corporate obsession?
The thin brown line
Greg Bearup IN the Blue Mountains, Armageddon is approaching. There's a radical plan, but can a crack team of remote-area firefighters pull it off?
Taking her own road
Michael Bodey NICOLE Kidman is finding creative fulfilment away from the Hollywood mainstream playing challenging character roles.
Wild brown land
Tim Winton LANDSCAPE exerts a force on Australians that sets them apart from Europeans, argues one of our best-known novelists.
Paper tiger
KATE LEGGE HE'S a publisher with grand plans to expand... into newspapers. But who is Morry Schwartz?
Mandela showed goodness within us all
John Lyons THE former president taught South Africans about letting go of hatred.
Deadly descent
TRENT DALTON THE money's huge, but so are the great whites lying in wait. For the abalone divers of Port Lincoln, the 60-day season is an epic gamble.
Hot reads
Stephen Romei THE Australian's literary editor finds something for every book lover in Review's annual summer reading and Christmas gift guide.
What's your poison?
Ann Dowsett Johnston ANN Dowsett Johnston would have a glass or two of white wine to unwind after work. But soon that was just for starters...
Opinion
'The government's strengths are being overshadowed by unfair focus on its mistakes'
THE government's strengths are being overshadowed by unfair focus on its mistakes.
'Changes to the Fair Work Act will do little to help Australia's present problems'
CHANGES to the Fair Work Act will do little to help Australia's present problems.
'Some in the media enjoy portraying the Prime Minister as a fundamentalist'
SOME in the media enjoy portraying the Prime Minister as a fundamentalist.
'Many suggested improvements ignore some fundamental economic realities'
MANY suggested improvements ignore some fundamental economic realities.
'Political appointees attract flak but are par for the course'
POLITICAL appointees attract flak but are par for the course.
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Seducer with a song
MICHAEL Buble stays on top of his game by treating every performance as if it's his last.
2013 snapshots
A collection of The Australian's favourite pictures from an eventful year for the nation and the world.
Theatre ceiling falls in
SHOCKING images from London's Apollo Theatre after the ceiling collapsed on a terrified audience, injuring more than 80.
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IR laws put brakes on carmakers
THE nation's carmaking industry is too small and too expensive to compete on the world stage.
Qantas inflating its crisis: Air NZ
AIR NZ chief executive Christopher Luxon has accused Qantas of orchestrating a crisis situation.
Seducer with a song
MICHAEL Buble stays on top of his game by treating every performance as if it's his last.
Australia on the road to world No 1
AUSTRALIA's aim to reclaim the world No 1 ranking will be two steps closer if it wins one of the remaining Ashes Tests.
Dumping 'least of SPC's woes'
THE plight of fruit processor SPC Ardmona is due to a number of factors, the government's top economic advisory body has found.
Giant payday ahead for Telstra
TELSTRA is set for a $2 billion payday after the telco giant agreed to sell CSL, its Hong Kong mobiles business, for $US2.425 billion.
