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POEM: There are no Australians

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
In the Beginning... as at the End

This short story is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
POEM: Balancing

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
POEM: Dublin Mosaic

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
Reward cards — the real deal

Bazza gives Mick some flak about flybuys over a few cold ones.  
The brumby whisperer

Horse handler Greg Powell, pictured at dusk with one of the brumbies he'd trained after capturing ...  
A Guinness World Records experience

Dean Frenkel recalls the bizarre yet fascinating time he stayed in a hotel with Guinness World ...  
IA Writing Competition: More time to win prizes!

We're extending the IA Writing Competition until 31 October, so there's even more time to get your ...  
Grieving for the Reef

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
The Morning Show

This short story is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
The Thornton factor: Sigrid no stranger to activism

Beloved Australian film and TV star Sigrid Thornton AO is well known for iconic movies like 'The ...  
Olympic breakdancing controversy ignores sport's cultural roots

The conversation following Australia's entry into the Olympic breakdancing category largely ...  
Getting a beer from the fridge in record time — it's all about 'fluid' motion

Bazza and Mick discuss the perils of going to the fridge on a whim without the "proper tech ...  
Surprise visitor lights up fire-brigade demo

 A passerby joins in with fire brigade members during a demonstration in Martin Place, Sydney ...  
Peter Dutton's 'nuclear policy': It's 'unclear' at best

Bazza and Mick are back on the beers, this time getting 'CRANEUL' about NUCLEAR.  
Police officers 'clowning around'?

Police officers getting silly for a serious cause at Victoria Police Academy in Glen Waverly to ...  
Aussie antics in the swimming pool pure gold

Bazza drops a bomb of Olympic proportions during a catch-up with mates at the pub.  
Concorde rubs shoulders with Sydney skyscrapers

This photo was taken from an aeroplane flying close enough to the supersonic Concorde as it roared ...  
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