On Helen Garner by Sean O'Beirne evidence-based-policy Judith Brett traces the unusual

Judith Brett traces the unusual history of Australia’s economy and the “resource curse” that has shaped our politics

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On Helen Garner by Sean O'Beirne evidence-based-policy Judith Brett traces the unusualWhat I love in Helen Garners writing is a particular kind of closeness to self, the good, greedy, mistaken, emotional, fierce, sceptical, changing and disrupting self. Garner makes so much from what seems to be just her individual sense, individual observation rather than anything made by and for the group. But I also love the beautiful strong contradiction in her work: shes always fighting to come back enough, as well, to find enough that can stop