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Live and Let Die A conversation about facing the end
by Steve Kilbey with Bronnie Ware
And then in the end you go, ‘I don’t love having you, but I love what you’re teaching me.’
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The Slap Our Poker Machine Addiction
by Drew Rooke
Like many young Australians, I have grown up with the pokies.
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At Any Given Hour Uber after dark
by CG
"Next morning I awake and check the app. The heat map glows red across the city."
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Felt Mountains UK electronic duo Goldfrapp cast their Silver Eye
by Craig Schüftan
"Once something's part of your nature you can never get rid of it."
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A Neighbourhood Full of Strangers Airbnb and the big business of ‘home invasion’
by Sonya Voumard
Neighbours in our inner-Sydney apartment block are moving out - and in again - in droves. Giving up their own beds week after week to become hosts to streams of guests...
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The Singer and The Song A conversation with Rickie Lee Jones
by Gyan
"Rich people never look happier once they come home from shopping. It's all there in the mirror and it ain’t going nowhere."
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Burning Man A Firefighter’s Story
by Matthew Thompson
One favour that firefighters sometimes do for each other is toss out a few reminders that being too comfortable with the chaos can be dangerous.
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South of Forgiveness A rape. A book. A conversation.
by A.H. Cayley
This article discusses sexual violence.
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The Sea of Possibilities How Patti Smith was guided by the stars
by Craig Schuftan
“Some of us are born with a certain burning."
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Walls and Mountains Mural artist Nadia Hernandez and the power of shared voices
by Oliver Mol
Nadia told me about her country, driving out of the city, the flowers and cacti in the mountains.
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