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Essays & reportage Just hook around Tasmania and pop across the Tasman Klaus Neumann 21 June 2013 Despite the lack of boat arrivals, New Zealand has introduced new laws to deal with irregular migrants arriving by sea. Could it be that the New Zealand government is afraid that… Essays & reportage The “right to drink” in Alice Springs Eleanor Hogan 9 May 2013 The NT government’s abolition of the Banned Drinkers Register has divided opinion in Central Australia, writes Eleanor Hogan Essays & reportage Old medium, new century Jock Given 30 April 2013 By the end of the year, Australia’s cinema industry will no longer be a film industry. Jock Given looks at what this means for storytelling on the big screen Essays & reportage Eye on the sky Marilyn Moore 30 April 2013 Amateur astronomers are making a unique contribution to science’s understanding of the universe, reports Marilyn Moore

Essays & reportage Can we afford to get back on the rails? Peter Mares 12 December 2012 Australia’s largest cities still rely heavily on massive investments in rail before the second world war. With renewed interest in rail as a way of dealing with congestion,… Essays & reportage From a drowning to a celebration Dennis Altman 11 December 2012 In this edited version of a recent Dunstan Foundation lecture, Dennis Altman looks at forty years of gay liberation and the work still to be done Essays & reportage The year in truth Jock Given 6 December 2012 Jock Given looks back on 2012, the year the reality gap seemed to widen Essays & reportage It was time: Mick Young’s triumph Stephen Mills 29 November 2012 Not only was the 1972 election a watershed for Labor, it also created the modern political campaign

Essays & reportage Written back into history Larry Schwartz 12 September 2012 Nearly fifty years after her family left Cape Town’s apartheid-era District Six, Bonita Bennett is helping rescue the stories of its former residents, writes Larry Schwartz Essays & reportage A sense of possibility in Alice Springs Eleanor Hogan 15 August 2012 After six months of living in Alice Springs, Eleanor Hogan’s employer folded and she was offered an all-expenses-paid relocation back to Sydney. But she was in no… Essays & reportage Six days on Nauru Michael Gordon 14 August 2012 Michael Gordon, the first journalist to gain unrestricted access to Nauru when it was part of the Howard government’s Pacific Solution, recalls his visit in early 2005 Essays & reportage Labor’s next generation Dennis Altman 9 August 2012 Reports of Labor’s death have been grossly exaggerated, writes Dennis Altman