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Good news on life’s lottery: we're better able to improve Australian lives than before

  • Written by Glyn Davis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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The United States Post Office has just announced the 33rd stamp in its literary arts series – a striking image of novelist and essayist Ursula Le Guin.

Behind the portrait is artwork depicting a scene from The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin’s 1969 novel. It features the Gethenians, a species which is...

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