Who owns David?

Michelangelo’s David is not a free man. A battle has broken out in Italy over whether the nation or the city of Florence owns him

PM’s high-risk Greens embrace

JULIA Gillard has agreed to a historic pact with the Australian Greens in a bid to end the nation’s parliamentary deadlock.

Wake up to Paul Weller

The Rolling Stones are an embarrassment. Paul Wellers shows them how to igrow old(er) and retain some credibility. His new album Wake Up The Nation is one of the best of the year, says Neil Walker .

Judges’ pay rise outstrips battlers

THE pay rises awarded to federal judges over the past two years outstrip those handed to the nation’s lowest-paid workers.

Gruen goes Green

The Pitch section on ABC TV’s Gruen Nation was about the Greens last night. The Republic of Everyone advertising agency was tasked with making a positive advertisement about the Greens, and this was the result:

Fear of death leads to $150,000 prize

BRISBANE artist Michael Zavros has won $150,000 in the nation’s richest portrait prize for a life-sized painting depicting his daughter in death.

Claim rains on DJ’s parade

All the talk yesterday in the front row of the David Jones fashion show was about the nation’s biggest sexual harassment scandal.

Candidates tread softly at bushfire heart

McEWEN is Victoria’s most marginal seat and one of the most marginal in the nation.

MasterChef finale makes TV history

MORE than four million people across the nation watched Adam Liaw take the MasterChef crown.

A Constitution for all Australians

When Queen Victoria gave royal assent to our Constitution on 9 July 1900, the nation of Australia was created

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