Thursday, 16 October 2008
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Aboriginal life expectancy: How much are we willing to pay to bridge the gap?US08: Airline fiasco is a symptom, not the diseaseTips and rumoursChina does the trick for Rudd's pollingNew deputy puts Paul Lennon on noticeThe speech Robert Mugabe needs to makeKons rolled by tenacity and sticky tape: a Tasmanian view
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Tips and rumours
The famous - from Einfeld to Theophanous - deserve equality before the law
Rudd's package: What the banks are telling clients
World championship chess: Live from Bonn
Rundle08: We've seen the real and fake McCain -- voters don't like either
So it is that every year, our shaman gather in Canberra. Like priests before a ritual they are sealed off from the profane world in a special retreat (‘the lock-up’) and bonded together in a sacred pact, which sets them off as a distinct group against the rest of their people.
