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The Hawke Government: A critical retrospective edited by Susan Ryan and Troy Bramston
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Don’t Tell Me, Show Me: Directors talk about acting by Adam Macaulay
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Women on the Rocks: A tale of two convicts by Kristin Williamson
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Ali Ismail Abbas
Dear Editor,
Chris Goddard has written a powerful letter (ABR, August 2003) arguing that the photograph of Ali Ismail Abbas should not have accompanied my essay ‘Only As a Last Resort’ (ABR, May 2003). To tell the truth, I don’t know whether or not he is right. I am writing only to clarify the record. Peter Rose graciously accepted all responsibility for publishing the photograph (ABR, August 2003) and, thereby, all responsibility for whatever criticism its publication provoked. He did, however, consult me about the photograph, and I readily agreed that it should accompany my article, without, I’m now ashamed to say, thinking as much about it as Goodard has shown that I should have.
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