December 18, 2021 – January 7, 2022
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Comment
Comment
Bri Lee
The revolution will be organised
“It has been nine months since tens of thousands of people across 40 cities in Australia joined the ‘March 4 Justice’ rallies on March 15. We were motivated by the myriad gendered injustices we’d seen and experienced in our lives, but catalysed very specifically by the horrific stories emerging from Parliament House.”
Comment
Paul Bongiorno
Unpacking China
“This week Scott Morrison was given a lesson in the sort of diplomacy needed to deal with China, the bully that also happens to be our biggest trading partner. It was a jarring reminder, on the cusp of an election year, that the almost decade-old Coalition government is no longer fit for purpose.”
Comment
John Hewson
A rat with a gold tooth
“Do not be surprised if Scott Morrison attempts a similar format in the coming election campaign; what I call a ‘trust and fear’ strategy. Essentially, Morrison will pose the question to voters, ‘Who do you trust to manage the pandemic and our economic recovery and more broadly your personal and our national security?’”
Letters, Cartoon & Editorial
Culture
Profile
Opera director Barrie Kosky
Opera, says Barrie Kosky, is all about bringing the dead back to life – as will be seen in his Adelaide Festival production of The Golden Cockerel.
The Influence
David Hallberg
The Australian Ballet’s artistic director, David Hallberg, says French choreographer Jérôme Bel opened his eyes – and broke his heart.
Fiction
Sting
“There comes a moment when they both fall silent as her daughter takes a long shuddering breath, and that’s when the memory drops into Caro’s consciousness, perfect as a drop of water off a stalactite. Down it smashes, tiny but insistent, into a little pool of something calcified and secret. ‘I got stung by a wasp when I was about four years old,’ she says to her daughter. ‘It really hurts, doesn’t it?’”
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