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Writing for good in the contemporary novel of purpose

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imageThe waters of the Murray-Darling Basin constantly flow in and out of drought.Dean Lewins/AAP

imageAnchor Point (2015), by Alice Robinson.Author provided

In March 2015, when the days remained long and hot, so dry that the paddocks around my house were tinder, my debut novel Anchor Point was published.

The events of the novel occur under pressure from...

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Startup nation: the rhetoric and the reality

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imageNew Assistant Minister for Innovation, Wyatt Roy, has his sights set on Silicon Valley.AAP Image/Lukas Coch for Buzzfeed

If recent statements from both the government and opposition are any guide, then entrepreneurship may be a key battleground for the next federal election. For example, Australian’s youngest federal Assistant Minister for...

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