Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; EDITORIAL; UP FRONT; NATIONAL ACCOUNTS; SEXUALLY HARASSED ON THE WAY TO A FEMINIST CONFERENCE; MEDIA AND DIVERSITY IN AUSTRALIA; THE ONLY AUSTRALIAN IN BALI; ESSAYS; AUSTRALIA IN THREE BOOKS; RHYMING GENTLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT; THE VANISHING POINT; IMMIGRATION, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND AUSTRALIA; THE HARD CONVERSATION; MARNGROOK, TOM WILLS AND THE CONTINUING DENIAL OF INDIGENOUS HISTORY; WHAT IRISH CATHOLICS DID FOR AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY; PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A PISSING DOG; POLITICAL ANIMALS; FOUR QUARTERS; WHAT I OWE; POETS ON PORCHES DRINKING TEA