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David Leser
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    • Bringing Up Boys

      Date: August 28, 2004
      Filed Under: Articles Gender, Social
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      Tags: Fathers and Sons, Raising Boys, Rites of Passage, Steve Biddulph

      The Accidental Actor

      Date: March 28, 2004
      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Profiles
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      Tags: Crocodile Dundee, John Cornell, Paul Hogan

      Fiona Stanley: The Children's Champion

      Date: January 1, 2004
      Filed Under: Articles Profiles, Social
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      Tags: Fiona Stanley

      Russell Crowe

      Date: November 28, 2003
      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Profiles
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      Tags: A Beautiful Mind, Australian actors, New Zealand actors, Russell Crowe, The Gladiator

      The Art and Life of Judy Cassab

      Date: August 28, 2003
      Filed Under: Articles Arts, Profiles
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      Tags: Archibald Prize, Australian artists, Judy Cassab, Portraitist

      Nothing Like a Dame

      Date: May 28, 2003
      Filed Under: Articles Profiles
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      Tags: Anna Murdoch, Cruden Farm, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch, James Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, Sir Keith Murdoch, Wendy Deng

      Sir Edmund Hillary: Hero of Everest

      Date: March 28, 2003
      Filed Under: Articles Profiles, Social
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      Tags: Edmund Hillary, Himalayas, Mount Everest, Tenzing Norgay

      A Gift From Layla

      Date: September 28, 2002
      Filed Under: Articles Profiles, Social
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      Tags: Losing Layla, Vanessa Gorman

      Behind The Wire

      Date: June 30, 2002
      Filed Under: Articles Commentary, Politics, Social
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      Tags: Asylum Seekers, Mandatory Detention, Refugees

      Somebody Save Me

      Date: January 1, 2002
      Publisher: Allen & Unwin
      Filed Under: Books Uncategorised
      War, peace, nudity and the end of the twentieth century
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      Tags: Ethics, Immigration, Tibet
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David Leser

Bringing Up Boys

The path from boyhood to manhood has never been easy, but the current crisis in masculinity is devas...
Aug 28, 2004

The Accidental Actor

To his surprise he became the best-known Aussie in the world. He loved it, yet none of this changed...
Mar 28, 2004

Fiona Stanley: The Children’s Champion

Australian of the year for 2003 has charmed us with her passion and intelligence. Now as the end of...
Jan 1, 2004

Russell Crowe

A genius on screen, but maligned for loutish behaviour off it, Russell Crowe is a man who looks back...
Nov 28, 2003

The Art and Life of Judy Cassab

Famed for her vivid portraits and major art awards – including two Archibald Prizes – Ju...
Aug 28, 2003

Nothing Like a Dame

At 94, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch is the modest matriarch of one of the world’s most powerful fami...
May 28, 2003

Sir Edmund Hillary: Hero of Everest

Sir Edmund Hillary was a modest New Zealand beekeeper driven by a passion to prove himself, when, ag...
Mar 28, 2003

A Gift From Layla

The death at birth of Vanessa Gorman’s longed-for baby, Layla, was played out in heartbreaking...
Sep 28, 2002

Behind The Wire

As this story was being prepared a visiting United Nations team had just branded Australia’s m...
Jun 30, 2002

Somebody Save Me

A thought-provoking collection that delves into the key social issues of the 1990s, from the politic...
Mar 17, 2002
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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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