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Poles apart: what Julia can learn from her Icelandic counterpart
Just a few days after Julia Gillard became Australia's first unwed female Prime Minister, on a distant corner of the ...
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News
Pulp Friction
Every year around this time, Australia's newspaper ...
Read moreShaking things up outside the vicious election cycle
By Simon Sheikh When considering the importance of ...
Read moreIf they treat us like asses, they’ll get donkeys
The 2010 Federal Election recorded the the ...
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Liberals fake their green credentials on polling day
Austin G Mackell Liberal Party operatives have been busted at polling booths on election day dressed in green ... Read more
A cheeky peek under Sydney’s Fringe
The Sydney Fringe Festival is a bit of a perve. It promises to peek under the skirts ... Read more
Limits on political donations to stop Labor’s derailment
By Millicent Caffrey To reverse the image of the state government as a corrupt train wreck beholden to ... Read more
The film the ABC doesn’t want you to see
It is a film that advocates peace, yet the the head of the ABC decided it was ... Read more
The rioting is on the wall
How many paintbrushes does it take to change the world? Can art, music, film, photography be used ... Read more
The rise of green power
Political commentators were almost certain that the Australian Greens would hold the balance of power in the ... Read more
Hacking for Pakistan
By Kieran Adair Computer hackers will be putting there skills to use this weekend at the University ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
ISOBEL CAMBELL & MARK LANEGAN - HAWK
Hawk is the third album from this ...
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PETER BRODERICK - HOW THEY ARE
Like a musical mutation of Will Oldham ...
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CHARLIE PARR - WHEN THE DEVIL GOES BLIND
Charlie Parr, by his own admission is ...
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Theatre
THEATRE: YELLOW MOON
Director Susanna Dowling describes Yellow Moon as, ...
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OPERA: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Gilbert & Sullivan is a cash cow ...
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SYDNEY FRINGE: A TINY CHORUS
This may be a clown show, but ...
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Events
EVENT: THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
Think you know art? Think you've seen ...
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GUERILLA WORD ARMY & THE AUSTRALIAN POETRY FESTIVAL
Sydney's Central Business District will be the ...
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Warning, Sydney: Graphic scenes ahead
"The illustration scene in Australia? I'm still ...
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Comedy
COMEDY: KITTY FLANAGAN
Kitty is a lot more cautious than ...
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THEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
I await the day when my local ...
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COMEDY: FEAR OF A BROWN PLANET
"It's a play on Fear of a ...
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Books
PECHA KUCHA 20x20 FOR HAITI
Like most great things in this world, ...
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MANDY SAYER'S AUSTRALIAN LONG STORY
Let's face it; loads of people don't ...
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TALKS: SYDNEY IDEAS
Thinking about public lectures, I find myself ...
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Exhibitions
THE BLAKE PRIZE & AVANT-ART
Like most of Australia's biggest art prizes, ...
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EXHIBITION: MCA NEW SEASON
PRIMAVERA 2010 This year's annual Primavera exhibition showcasing ...
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EXHIBITION: PAINTING THE ROCKS
The Rocks were once described as the, ...
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Movies
MOVIE: PIRANHA 3D
Utterly ridiculous; these two words best sum ...
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MOVIE: GOING THE DISTANCE
When Garrett (Justin Long) and Erin (Drew ...
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THE BOY AT HEART AND BOY
Director/actor/writer Taika Waititi (Eagle vs ...
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