George Orwell
Private schools are major financial players. Why aren’t they paying council rates?
Top fee-paying schools in North Sydney are significant users of local infrastructure. The time for them to be exempted from council rates has long gone.
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One hundred years since his death, this author is a must-read more than ever
Indeed, posterity has paid Kafka the greatest tribute a writer can receive. His name has become an adjective.
- by David Free
Unanswered questions dog Dutton’s nuclear dream
The Nuclear Energy Institute estimates that one nuclear reactor needs billions of litres of water per year for cooling, and “all of this water requires filtering somehow”. As nuclear reactors need to be operational 24/7 and can’t be switched on and off at short notice to cover peak demand times, where does Dutton suggest this water will come from for his chosen sites?
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Property downsizing
‘Rid your life of anything that does not spark joy’. I’m starting with Marie Kondo
KonMari™ has a unifying rule: rid your life of anything that does not “spark joy”. I’m starting with Marie Kondo.
- by Malcolm Knox
London’s famed Evening Standard to end daily print edition after 200 years
The London newspaper, which has angered dictators and shaped the legacy of political leaders, says the change is driven by better Wi-Fi on the Tube and a shift to working from home.
- by Rob Harris
This novel is inspired by George Orwell - but don’t call it Orwellian
The American writer’s latest novel imagines the days when George Orwell was a policeman in Burma.
- by JP O'Malley
Paul Theroux’s stylish reimagination of Orwell’s Burmese days
The great travel writer and novelist is in top form with the latest book about George Orwell.
- by Adrian McKinty
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Anthony Albanese
The PM has recruited a wife, but nobody knows the job description
The pitfalls of political wifedom are well documented, but there is no how-to guide.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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MeToo movement
Russell Brand was a loudly ticking time bomb. How the hell wasn’t he detonated earlier?
Could we have done more, asks the BBC? Ummmm, yes.
- by Julia Baird
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