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Essays & reportage Kieran Finnane 25 February 2011 Concern about crime in Alice Springs came to a head at a public meeting this week. Kieran Finnane reports on a debate that took some unexpected turns
Books & arts Sylvia Lawson 23 February 2011 CINEMA | Pete Postlethwaite left behind a remarkable Australian film, writes Sylvia Lawson Essays & reportage Gillian Cowlishaw 7 July 2010 The law seemed to fail Boonie Hilt, a thirty-six year old Aboriginal man, but there were small victories along the way Summer season Dean Ashenden 10 June 2010 The remarkable collaboration of anthropologists Baldwin Spencer and Frank Gillen, “bearers, shapers and captives of the Australian conscience” Books & arts Sylvia Lawson 12 May 2010 CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson reviews the Message Sticks Film Festival – including the “utterly unexpected” Boxing for Palm Island
From the archive Dean Ashenden 15 March 2010 Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations
Books & arts Maria Nugent & Shino Konishi 4 December 2009 The convenors of the “Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Reviewed” conference look at the film’s engagement with Indigenous history Books & arts Ian Anderson 23 November 2009 Ian Anderson reviews Peter Sutton’s unsettling account of Indigenous policy, The Politics of Suffering Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 2 June 2009 For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden Books & arts Sylvia Lawson 19 May 2009 Sylvia Lawson reviews Warwick Thornton’s Samson and Delilah and this year’s Message Sticks festival
National affairs Susan Harris Rimmer 14 May 2009 Two major reports on violence against women and children show a growing level of commitment by the federal government. Now it’s time to take the next steps, writes Susan …
Essays & reportage Francesca Merlan 11 March 2009 Dependency and marginalisation are as important as race in judging the success of the Northern Territory Intervention, argues Francesca Merlan National affairs Melissa Sweet 3 March 2009 Is the media stopping us from seeing the real problems and doing something about them, asks Melissa Sweet Books & arts Ellie Rennie 27 February 2009 Ellie Rennie reviews First Australians on DVD National affairs Cameron Reynes 25 February 2009 The South Australian government is denying access to key documents about the illegal removal of Aboriginal children, writes Cameron Raynes
Essays & reportage Gillian Cowlishaw 13 February 2009 Annette’s story is not just another addition to Australia’s “stolen generation” narrative, writes Gillian Cowlishaw
From the archive Shino Konishi 29 January 2009 The anthropologist’s visit to Tasmania in 1802 is a revealing story of love gone wrong Books & arts Ian Anderson 20 January 2009 Ian Anderson reviews Tess Lea’s innovative Bureaucrats and Bleeding Hearts Essays & reportage Sylvia Lawson 6 January 2009 We are constantly delivered a double miracle: Aboriginal survival, and the Aboriginal will to forgive us all and share it, writes Sylvia Lawson Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 18 December 2008 Two films made sixty years apart are a reminder of how hard it is to tell the story of Australia, writes Dean Ashenden