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23 July 2008

Alex Mitchell: How I broke the story of Lowy's first ATO punch-up

Connex ads: From the irritating to the mystifying

Bone drug might cause, not prevent, fractures

The Tour de France turns the doping corner

Next Crikey Email 1300 hrs 24 July

Classic Crikey

Budget night: a triumph of rite over truth
9/05/2007 12:00:00 AM
Guy Rundle writes:

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.

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