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National affairs Time for a referendum roadmap Paul Kildea 9 November 2012 Constitutional reform has stalled, writes Paul Kildea. But that provides the opportunity to rethink how we go about achieving change National affairs Nobody uses the internet because the government says they should Julian Thomas and Ellie Rennie 1 October 2012 A study of home internet in remote communities highlights the real reasons people go online, write Julian Thomas and Ellie Rennie National affairs A shift in the monolingual mood Lisa Waller 26 September 2012 A new parliamentary report challenges the thinking behind the downgrading of Indigenous languages in schools, writes Lisa Waller International South Sea Islanders unite in Australia Nic Maclellan 27 August 2012 Tales of colonial blackbirding have led to renewed ties between Australian South Sea Islanders and Pacific communities, reports Nic Maclellan

National affairs Closing the gap: another year of slow progress Lesley Russell 24 February 2012 Lesley Russell analyses the figures in the prime minister’s 2012 report Essays & reportage Along the pot-holed track Sylvia Lawson 16 February 2012 Extract | Visiting Alice Springs opens up other journeys captured on film and in prose and poetry National affairs Section overboard Brian Costar 3 February 2012 References to race should be dropped from the constitution, writes Brian Costar, but the reason section 25 was included in the first place is more complex than some… National affairs Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: the “what” and “how” Paul Kildea 2 February 2012 Paul Kildea looks at what’s being proposed for Australian constitutional reform, and how we might get there

Books & arts Moralising the colonial past Tim Rowse 23 June 2011 Let’s allow our history to be complicated, argues Tim Rowse in this review of two new books about black–white relations Essays & reportage Problem drinkers and the rest of us Kieran Finnane 22 June 2011 Measures to deal with alcohol in Alice Springs go only so far, argues Kieran Finnane Books & arts Medea in Port Adelaide Sylvia Lawson 24 May 2011 CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson reviews Here I Am and Mad Bastards National affairs Dealing with a drift that became a wave Kieran Finnane 18 May 2011 Kieran Finnane reports on how Alice Springs is responding to its surge in population