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Saint Tony wants to slay the dragon – but is blind to the beasts of Australia’s past

The former PM can be eloquent and erudite about Australia – but he has a very particular conception of what this nation is and how it came to be

The Guardian - AU

Is Australia still a lucky country – or has the ‘Australian way’ lost its way?

Suddenly everyone is talking about the “Australian way”. This is partly a nervous response by the prime minister to the reelection of Donald Trump, and partly (relatedly) a desire more generally to talk about “Australian values”.

The Conversation

It’s 60 years since The Lucky Country was published. Have we moved on from the bronzed Aussie male stereotype?

Writer Donald Horne was an astute generaliser in a golden era of them. Can we still examine Australia with his boldness?

The Guardian - AU

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Dao's 'Anam' takes out PM's Literary Award for fiction

André Dao's novel Anam has won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction, while a biography of Donald Horne by Ryan Cropp took out the prize for history.

AAP

A new biography of Donald Horne examines a life of indefatigable energy and intellectual curiosity

In May 2004, little over a year before he died, Donald Horne took to the stage at the Sydney Writer’s Festival for an event to mark the launch of the fourth edition of Griffith Review: Making Perfect Bodies. Donald had written an essay called “Mind, body, age” that vigorously burst…

The Conversation

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