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SOCIETY

Funerals Are Us

Once burial rites were the exclusive domain of clergy. Now people are turning to celebrants for more intimate, personalized funerals

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION

For a Winner, Follow the Money (Australian Election 2004)

Long before Australians knew the date of the federal election, they were betting on its outcome

It's Policy Time (Australian Election 2004)

Mark Latham needs to show he has more than personality if he is to win

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Snow Dome Symphonies (Arts/Cinema)

Matt FitzGerald, Tom Schutzinger and Pete Kelly of Decoder Ring are trying to decipher the lyrics sung by guest artist Lenka on the title track to their score for Somersault

Love Under the Glass (Arts/Cinema)

Taking the lid off teen life, Cate Shortland reveals the poetry beneath the angst