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The reds are revolting

My affair with the red wines of Australia lasted long after I left its shores. Our love was ruined by the industry’s greed for ever bigger global markets

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People's protest clogs city

People's protest clogs city

Life in London slowed down as hotspots of protests sprang up in different parts of the city

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What G20 countries want

What G20 countries want

As the leaders of the world's biggest economies gather in London we look at some of the competing demands of the G20 nations

Penfriend

Penfriend

How a bond formed at 13 with an Australian penfriend led Victoria Brignell to embark on a deception that has lasted two decades

Low charisma, high values

Paola Totaro, London bureau chief for the Sydney Morning Herald, is baffled as to why Gordon Brown gets such a bad press

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Australia’s underbelly

Australia’s underbelly

Fond memories of the lurid world of “Ozploitation” cinema
Not Quite Hollywood (18)
dir: Mark Hartley

Worried Will Young

The best of the politics blogs as brought to you by Paul Evans

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Listening to the desert

So is New Labour dead or not?

When is a party dead? Paul Evans brings us the best of the politics blogs from domestic politics through to the outrage this week in Mumbai

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Days of sunshine and grace

Sep was tall, handsome and languid, with a laconic half-smile like Errol Flynn's. On Saturdays he would show us slick dives off a Bondi bogie hole. John Pilger on a star that the world never knew

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More in Australasia

The luck of the Aussies

Island of dark secrets

The light fantastic

Workers of the world unite

Power v poverty

Indonesia's persecuted

A miracle convention for the disabled?

Sundaland

The battle for Aboriginal rights

Euthanasia, censorship and NZ

Cricket's revolution

The Ashes and globalisation

The empire strikes back

Ziauddin Sardar

Move over viagra

Put a little spice in your box

Religion

Does God hate women?

Does God Hate Women?

Art

Medals of dishonour

Pin the blame on them

James Macintyre

Cameron the bully?

A fresh approach?

Canada

The new dope lords

Traffic out of control

Television

Revelations

Revelations: How to Find God

Travel

Brussels and surrealism

Nothing is as it seems

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

Suggest a question

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