John Button Shortlist 2012

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The Fog On The Hill

Frank Sartor

This is an honest appraisal of the systemic and specific failings of sixteen years of successive Labor governments but goes further to provide a valuable insight into the changing political…

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Man-Made World: Choosing between Progress and Planet: Quarterly Essay 44

Andrew Charlton

Across the globe, economists and environmentalists vie over who has the right response to climate change, population or food security issues. In this groundbreaking essay Charlton argues that our descendants…

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Feeling The Heat

Jo Chandler

Journalist Jo Chandler sets out on a quest that takes her across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Her mission is…

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A Small Book About Drugs

Lisa Pryor

An intelligent and personal look at recreational drug use that will forever change the terms of the debate about the use of recreational drugs.

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Fair Share: Country and City in Australia: Quarterly Essay 42

Judith Brett

The Australian Settlement, as formulated by Paul Kelly, had a sixth pillar: a settlement between the city and the country in which the state compensated people living in the country…

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Looking for the Light on the Hill: modern Labor’s challenges

Troy Bramston

TODAY, THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY IS IN CRISIS. Reduced to minority government after just one term, and at rock bottom in the opinion polls, the party seems to be at…

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Us & Them: On the Importance of Animals: Quarterly Essay 45

Anna Krien

In this dazzling piece of reportage, Anna Krien investigates the contemporary animal kingdom and our place in it. From pets to food, from wildness to science experiments, Krien also reveals…

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