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The Godfather: Peter Corris on voting

The Godfather: Peter Corris on voting

by NRB | 19 Jan 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 2 comments

For the first time in my life I have been threatened with a fine for not voting in an election. This has caused me a little shame. I had to wait until I was 21 to vote (the voting age was not lowered to 18 until 1974), but ever since I’ve voted enthusiastically in...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on voting

The Godfather: Peter Corris on cartoons

by NRB | 28 Jul 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

How many newspaper headlines can you remember? For obvious reasons I remember ‘FRED DIES’ emblazoned on a Sydney tabloid when Professor Fred Hollows died, and no one can forget the nefarious London Sun’s headline ‘GOTCHA’, celebrating the sinking of an Argentinian...
BERNARD COHEN The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies. Reviewed by Michael Richardson

BERNARD COHEN The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies. Reviewed by Michael Richardson

by NRB | 20 May 2014 | Fiction | 0 comments

Robert Menzies, John Howard, the dreams and delusions of Australian politics – all resonate in this satirical and inventive novel. Typically, reviews begin with a snippet from the book in question or with a short description of the work and its main concerns. In form...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on elections

by NRB | 6 Sep 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

The first Federal election I remember was in 1960. It was the one Robert Menzies won by one seat – the ‘Killen, you are magnificent’ election.* I couldn’t vote, being only 18 (the voting age for Federal elections was not lowered from 21 to 18 until 1973) but my...
             

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