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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 26 May 2009 of The Sydney Morning Herald est. 1842 The Sydney Morning Herald
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sydney Too Parochial for Kookaburra, Says Founder, Sean Nicholls , single work column
Sean Nicholls reports on Peter Cousens' view that the failure of Kookaburra theatre company was due to a variety of factors including Cousens' own poor judgements, bad timing and Sydney's parochial attitude.
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After Glory in Cannes, It's Back to Earth and a Long Trip Home, Garry Maddox , Stephanie Bunbury , single work column (p. 10)
Note: port. (Warwick Thornton)
Fly High with a Whimsical Bio Told by a Famous Creation, Jason Blake , single work review
— Review of The Great Exception, or, The Knowing of Mary Poppins Marcel Dorney , Leah Mercer , Margi Brown Ash , Stacey Callaghan , Carol Schmidt , 2005 single work drama ; (p. 10)
Wartime PM's Daughter Battled His Critics, Bob Wurth , single work obituary (p. 12)
Note: port. (Elsie Macleod)
Students Stifled, Sean Nicholls , Erik Jensen , single work column

Sean Nicholls and Erik Jensen report on an ongoing disagreement involving Professor Wendy Bacon, students of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Sydney Writers' Festival. The students were deterred from distributing their independent literary supplement at the 2009 festival following threats of arrest and litter infringement notices. (In 2008, festival organisers felt that the students' newspaper, Festival News, had disparaged the festival and its supporters.)

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