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    September 5 – 11, 2020  |  No. 317

    September 5 – 11, 2020  |  No. 317

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    September 5 – 11, 2020  |  No. 317

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    September 5 – 11, 2020  |  No. 317

    Edition

    September 5 – 11, 2020 Edition No. 317

    News

    24 hours on Melbourne’s lockdown front line Anna Krien

    Government’s aged-care payments create Covid-19 risk Karen Middleton

    The next fight with Google and Facebook Mike Seccombe

    Covid-19 response inquiry awaits answers Paddy Manning

    Museums collecting Covid-19 objects Lauren Carroll Harris

    Kushner central player in Israel–UAE deal Jonathan Pearlman

    Opinion

    The case for a death tax James Boyce

    Recession and the long way out Paul Bongiorno

    Gadfly: Moving on to greener onions Evan Williams and Mark Humphries

    Letters & Editorial

    Jon Kudelka cartoon, September 5, 2020 Jon Kudelka

    A foot high in poster paint

    Job agencies’ virus bonuses

    Culture

    John Nixon’s generous legacy Doug Hall

    Necrobarista Jini Maxwell

    Solomon Grundy XVI Margo Lanagan

    Books

    The Tolstoy Estate Reviewer: Peter Craven

    Sorrow and Bliss Reviewer: Jemma Birrell

    Just Money Reviewer: Jeff Sparrow

    Life

    Oranges with olive oil, pistachio and black pepper David Moyle

    Grand slam tennis resumes … for some Linda Pearce

    The Cryptic

    Cryptic crossword No. 317 Mungo MacCallum (1941-2020)

    The Quiz

    Qantas recently retired its entire fleet of which aircraft? Cindy MacDonald

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