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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 6-7 June 2009 of The Australian est. 1964 The Weekend Australian
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* Contents derived from the , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitled, Rodney Hall , single work correspondence
Rodney Hall refutes a claim made by Alison Croggon in her article 'Theatre's New Stage'. Croggon stated that Hall had led a 'chorus of writers' in protesting against a change in direction when Playbox Theatre became the Malthouse Theatre in 2005. Hall says his complaint was not that 'the writer had been abandoned' in the change. His concern was 'the overwhelming percentage of public subsidy going to companies and orchestras catering for the top end of town, plus the desperate shortage of work for our actors'. Hall concludes his letter: 'Directors can produce whatever they choose. But I do believe that once the public purse is involved there needs to be a clear idea of the public benefit.'
 (p. 2) Section: Review
Writers on the Move, Susan Kurosawa , single work review
— Review of Brief Encounters : Literary Travellers in Australia 1836-1939 Susannah Fullerton , 2009 selected work biography ; (p. 2) Section: Travel & Indulgence
His Wicked, Wicked Ways, Elizabeth Meryment , single work column (p. 4-5) Section: Review
Note: ports (Errol Flynn)
Three of the Best, Peter Craven , single work column
Peter Craven notes that 2009 is the centenary of the birth of three of Australia's 'most brilliant performers': Chips Rafferty, Errol Flynn and Robert Helpmann.
 (p. 4-5) Section: Review
Note: port. (Robert Helpmann, Errol Flynn and Chips Rafferty)
The Fabulator, Miriam Cosic , single work column (p. 10-11) Section: Review
Note: port. (Brian Castro)
Artful Calibration of an Observant Child's Fears, Kathy Hunt , single work review
— Review of The Weight of Silence Catherine Therese , 2009 single work autobiography ; (p. 10-11) Section: Review
The Overflow, Rosemary Sorensen , single work column
A column canvassing current literary news including a brief report of the launch of Harbour City Poems: Sydney in Verse 1788-2008 by Virginia Judge, the Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts.
 (p. 11) Section: Review
Circle of Lovei"She longs to go back to the trapeze", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 15) Section: Review
Novelist's D-Day Dud Gets Another Shot at History, Simon de Bruxelles , single work column
Simon de Burxelles reports that Nevil Shute's World War II invention, the Great Panjandrum, was re-created and detonated during British D-Day commemorations in June 2009.
 (p. 15)
To Find Meaning in Life, Alan Gold , single work review
— Review of On Resilience Elisabeth Wynhausen , 2009 single work essay ; (p. 16) Section: Review
Natural Way with Words, Liam Davison , single work review
— Review of The Blue Plateau : A Landscape Memoir Mark Tredinnick , 2009 single work prose ; (p. 17) Section: Review
Adjust Racial Balance for a Clearer Picture, Michael Bodey , single work column (p. 19)
Chk-Chk Bigotry Boom, Jason Di Russo , single work column (p. 24)
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