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April 2009

Australia, Hungary and the case of Károly Zentai

The Zentai extradition case reveals much about the postwar history of two very different countries, writes Ruth Balint

29 Apr 09 | Comments (0)

Good ways to break bad news

Feeling responsible for a patient’s illness makes it harder for a doctor to give bad news empathetically, writes GP Jacinta Halloran

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Senator Ronaldson’s own goal

Michael Ronaldson’s criticism of the electoral system is undermined by some very strange reasoning, writes Peter Brent

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Sentimental spectacle

We need to reconsider the importance of Anzac Day, writes Geoffrey Barker

27 Apr 09 | Comments (4)

The man and his city

Deep Water brings the Cliff Hardy count to thirty-four. Shane Maloney surveys the career of Sydney’s best-known private investigator

24 Apr 09 | Comments (0)

The lost mother

Amanda Lohrey reviews Julie Myerson’s controversial part-biography, part-memoir, The Lost Child

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Seeking an alternative to life in limbo

Facing an uncertain future in Indonesia, it’s hardly surprising that some refugees and asylum seekers try to continue on to Australia, writes Savitri Taylor

22 Apr 09 | Comments (0)

The benefits of incumbency

The Coalition isn’t making headway with its asylum seeker campaign, writes Peter Brent

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Wrong climate for the Coalition

There is something faintly absurd about treating a potential global catastrophe as just another everyday event that can be managed, writes Norman Abjorensen

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The fifth wave

The human cost of turning back boats is too high, writes Peter Mares. So what are the alternatives?

21 Apr 09 | Comments (3)