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Queensland’s sugarcane growers won a major victory for competition and fairness when the state Parliament confirmed their legitimate right to continue to have a say in how their sugar is marketed. A crucial piece of legislation passed the Queensland Parliament in December last year that confirmed, in law, the growers’ existing…
by Benoit Lemay Casemate, PhiladelphiaPaperback: 320 pagesPrice: AUD$29.95 Reviewed by Jeffry Babb Erich von Manstein was one of the greatest strategists of World War II, and possibly the greatest captain of his time. In the battle for which he won his Field Marshall’s baton, the conquest of Sevastopol, he overcame a…
The Chinese language has many proverbs, called chengyu. A favourite chengyu is “Sai-weng shi ma” (“Sai-weng lost his horse”). To cut a long story short, it means that when one door closes, another door opens. This could well sum up the Chinese experience in Australia. The 1963 edition of The Golden…
One of the best questions that can be asked of any composer is, what is their approach to balance? For perhaps the same reason that there is so much symmetry in nature – two sides of the human face, for example, or the two halves of most animals’ bodies – balance is key to effect in music. John Tavener It is perhaps the most prominent feature of Mozart, for example. His ability to achieve extraordinary balance in his melodies and counterpoint elevates his music into a sublimity that no other composer can match. The Olympian expositions of Bach would…
