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David Leser
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    • Peter and The Wolves

      Date: August 12, 2009
      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Cover Stories, Environment, Politics, Profiles
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      Tags: Australian Environment Minister, midnight oil, peter garrett, rob hirst

      How To Live In The Now

      Date: January 28, 2009
      Filed Under: Articles Profiles, Social
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      Tags: Eckhart Tolle, meditation, Mindfulness, Spiritual Guru, The Power of Now

      Good, Bad & Germaine

      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Gender, Politics, Profiles
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      Tags: Australian feminists, Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch

      Theatre's Grande Dame

      Date: March 28, 2008
      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Profiles
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      Tags: Australian actors, Robyn Nevin, Sydney Theatre Company

      The Remarkable Margaret Olley

      Date: February 28, 2008
      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Profiles
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      Tags: Australian artists, Margaret Olley

      Heath Ledger

      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Profiles
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      Tags: Australian actors, Brokeback Mountain, Candy, Heath Ledger

      The Destruction of Tasmania's Forests

      Date: February 13, 2008
      Filed Under: Articles Environment, Politics
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      Tags: European Vanity Fair, Old Growth Logging, Tasmania, the Angel of the Forest, the Styx, the Weld Forest

      Celebrity Rehab

      Date: January 28, 2008
      Filed Under: Articles Social
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      Tags: Addiction, Byron Bay, Celebrity, The Sanctuary

      The Search For Happiness

      Date: September 30, 2007
      Filed Under: Articles Social
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      Tags: Happiness, Mindfulness

      Children Overboard: Two Women, Two Stories

      Date: September 28, 2007
      Filed Under: Articles Politics
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      Tags: Asylum Seekers, Australian Navy, Children Overboard, HMAS Adelaide, John Howard, Laura Whittle
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David Leser

Peter and The Wolves

Translating songs on the pop stage into action on the political stage was never going to be easy, bu...
Aug 12, 2009

How To Live In The Now

Oprah Winfrey loved it. Millions more have bought it. The self-help best seller, The Power of Now, h...
Jan 28, 2009

Good, Bad & Germaine

Trailblazing feminist Germaine Greer is unstoppable and impossible to ignore. This article looks at...
Oct 16, 2008

Theatre’s Grande Dame

Robyn Nevin is a legend of Australian theatre. David Leser meets the charismatic – and sometim...
Mar 28, 2008

The Remarkable Margaret Olley

Amid the eclectic clutter of her home – the source of inspiration for much of her lifetimeR...
Feb 28, 2008

Heath Ledger

Two years after Heath Ledger scandalised sections of middle America with his near-miraculous perform...
Feb 16, 2008

The Destruction of Tasmania’s Forests

Feb 13, 2008

Celebrity Rehab

They may be celebrities or the super-rich but when they go off the rails who do they turn to? This a...
Jan 28, 2008

The Search For Happiness

What does it mean to be happy – and where do we find it? David Leser goes in search of glee at...
Sep 30, 2007

Children Overboard: Two Women, Two Stories

In the six years since the `Children Overboard’ affair first confronted the nation, nearly all...
Sep 28, 2007
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I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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