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News
2 Apr 2016
Inside our state propaganda fix
I thought we had stopped the boats. So why do we need to spend $6 million to persuade people not to get on the boats?
Mike Seccombe
The government’s $70m budget for border protection propaganda is the latest in a long line of taxpayer-funded “messaging” exercises.
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2 Apr 2016
Black youth suicide crisis
The chairman of the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, says the policy is a failure. ‘We’ve got to sit down with Indigenous leaders on the ground and say, “How do we deal with this?” ’
Karen Middleton
The death last month of a 10-year-old Indigenous girl in a remote WA community intensifies the need for a clearer approach to suicide prevention.
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News
2 Apr 2016
Stella prize
Luke Slattery
A Baroque painting by a French master has hidden in plain sight for more than 160 years, in Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Opinion
2 Apr 2016
Moment of truce
There is nothing stopping Turnbull and Shorten from meeting pre-election and agreeing to work together on a list of issues to be brought to parliament, regardless of who wins.
Rob Oakeshott
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News
2 Apr 2016
Unchained malady
Jo Stewart
Despite the cutting of safety chains and the ongoing protests of traditional landowners, tourists continue to climb Uluru. Now the call has gone out to Malcolm Turnbull to enforce respect of the rock.
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News
2 Apr 2016
Familial patterns
It was an insidious creep of abuse. So slow that I just thought it was a normal part of a relationship.
Martin McKenzie-Murray
In its report, the Royal Commission into Family Violence, having heard myriad stories of institutional failure, calls for systemic change, from funding arrangements to intervention responses and rehabilitation.
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Opinion
2 Apr 2016
Clear and present changer
Curiously, Scott Morrison says ‘you can’t tax your way to surplus’. Tell that to Peter Costello. The revenue that gave him his surpluses was just that: revenue.
Paul Bongiorno
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World
2 Apr 2016
Pakistan army ploys come back to haunt
Hamish McDonald
Syria conundrum; HK publishers brought to book; Fishy business in South China Sea; GOP gunning for an Ohio showdown
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Culture
2 Apr 2016
House style
“Literary nomad” author Fiona McFarlane now seeks solitudes and inspiration back home.
Brigid Delaney
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Music
2 Apr 2016
Shredless Summer
Summer Flake’s Stephanie Crase has made good on all the promises of her first album with a sound that is pensive and intricate.
Dave Faulkner
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Diary
2 Apr 2016
Gadfly: Mamil pollies back in saddle
Diarist-at-large Richard Ackland flies about the nation.
Richard Ackland
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Books
2 Apr 2016
Sonya Voumard, The Media and the Massacre
Reviewer: CG
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Books
2 Apr 2016
Harry Parker, Anatomy of a Soldier
Reviewer: JD
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Books
2 Apr 2016
Philip Salom, Waiting
Reviewer: EF
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Food
2 Apr 2016
Shallot and steamy
The fleshy pleasures of steamed whole fish.
Andrew McConnell
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Travel
2 Apr 2016
Memories fade
Conspicuous construction cannot erase the troubled history of Andijan, nor suppress the soul of old Uzbekistan.
Elle Hardy
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Fashion
2 Apr 2016
Resins to be cheerful
Gorman’s Autumn collection is a collaboration with resin jewellery designer Elke Kramer.
Alyx Gorman
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Portrait
2 Apr 2016
Double impact
A seat side stage with theatre production pair Carolyn Burns and Simon Phillips.
Kate Holden
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Quiz
2 Apr 2016
What colour are the stars on the Chinese flag?
Test your general knowledge with our weekly quiz.
Cindy MacDonald
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Sport
2 Apr 2016
The Wanderer
Western Sydney Wanderers marquee player Dario Vidošić on the privileges of playing all over the world.
Richard Cooke