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Squid Game: the smash-hit South Korean horror is a perfect fit for our dystopian mood
On track to be Netflix’s biggest success to date, the blood-spattered thriller taps into our post-lockdown anxieties about returning to the rat race

Monica Tan

30, Sep, 2021 @5:30 PM

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I miss behaving badly in sin city Sydney. I want to get a face tattoo at 2am | Monica Tan
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with Sydney, but deprived of its pleasures in lockdown, I have come to appreciate the city’s immoral reputation

Monica Tan

02, Sep, 2021 @8:01 PM

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I love my multicultural Sydney but vaccine hesitancy is among our unique vulnerabilities | Monica Tan
For many immigrants, mistrust in government is ingrained. At a time when Covid public health messages are heard through the fog of another language, multicultural services are vital

Monica Tan

03, Aug, 2021 @5:30 PM

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Carrie Tiffany, Ean Higgins, Dominic Kelly and others on what they're reading in March
Books about witches, climbing Mount Kosciuszko, Nazi explorers in Tibet and the disappearance of flight MH370 are out this month

Trevor Shearston, Sam George-Allen, Nick Brodie, Mark Brandi, Dominic Kelly, Peggy Frew, Leah Kaminsky, Ean Higgins, Carrie Tiffany, Monica Tan, Caro Llewellyn

16, Mar, 2019 @9:10 PM

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No matter your skin colour, all non-Indigenous Australians are complicit in colonialism | Monica Tan
How could I be an oppressor when I belonged to the oppressed? Here’s what I learned on a road trip around Australia

Monica Tan

04, Mar, 2019 @12:50 AM

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Yirrkala to Cyclone Tracy: the territory's heritage
From Indigenous trade sites to a telegraph station, Hermannsburg Historic Precinct to the bombing of Darwin, the Northern Territory’s fascinating multicultural history is worth exploring

Monica Tan

06, Mar, 2017 @11:55 PM

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Rock art to digital films: on the territory's art trail
The Northern Territory is an art lover’s paradise with ‘bush TVs’, Hermannsburg pottery, contemporary Indigenous artworks and more

Monica Tan

27, Feb, 2017 @8:19 PM

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Northern Territory holiday guide: culinary adventures
From witchetty grubs to sapodillas, crocodile meat to laksa, the variety of food and drink on offer in the Top End is rich

Monica Tan

20, Feb, 2017 @10:18 PM

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Northern Territory holiday guide: the heart of Australia
From Darwin to Kakadu, Arnhem to Alice: the territory offers visitors a bizarrely Australian experience featuring salties, barras and spectacular scenery

Monica Tan

13, Feb, 2017 @10:36 PM

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I'm dizzily in love with Australia. Patriotism shouldn't be reserved for the rightwing | Monica Tan
As I travelled 30,000km around Australia, I found so much to love about it. But understanding our history means reconciling with our First Peoples

Monica Tan

31, Jan, 2017 @11:09 PM

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Ya pulingina. Bringing these words to life is an extension of our identity
Fanny Cochrane Smith’s death was a terrible blow to Tasmania’s languages but, nearly a century later, the Pakana people decided to revive their native tongue

Monica Tan

02, Sep, 2016 @10:27 PM

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Introducing 'Noongarpedia' – Australia's first Indigenous Wikipedia
The people who have occupied south-west Western Australia for 30,000 years are determined to see their language’s survival

Monica Tan

01, Sep, 2016 @9:22 PM

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