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‘I Am in Robust Health’ : Rupert Murdoch Hands the Empire to Lachlan,
single work
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'At the age of 92, Rupert Murdoch has finally stepped down as chair of News Corp. The ‘most dangerous man in the world’ has put his son in charge.'
- The Lake, single work short story
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Catharine Lumby Frank Moorhouse : A Life,
single work
review
— Review of Frank Moorhouse : A Life 2023 single work biography ;'Frank Moorhouse was a complicated man. His writing pushed the boundaries of postwar bourgeois morality, as did his life with his many and varied lovers and his determined refusal of domesticity. Yet he was fascinated by social etiquette and the rituals of bureaucratic and democratic political life. When does the pursuit of pleasure collapse into social chaos, and when do order and rules become repressive? These are the key questions Catharine Lumby threads through her very readable telling of Moorhouse’s long and productive life.' (Introduction)
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Yen-Rong Wong Me, Her, Us,
single work
review
— Review of Me‚ Her‚ Us 2023 selected work autobiography essay ;'The autobiographical debut Me, Her, Us by Yen-Rong Wong – winner of the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer in 2022, and a theatre reviewer for this paper – lays bare the most intimate aspects of her journey to self-discovery. Through a collection of carefully curated essays, she comes to terms with her relationship with sex as well as her identity as a “Chinese-presenting woman”.' (Introduction)