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Sophocles’ legendary tyrant was supremely political, imbued with the casual ruthlessness of those whose craft is power. This cynicism is also on display in Queensland and Victoria.
Almost 2500 years after it was first performed, Sophocles’s Antigone has seemed more relevant — ever since Queensland refused Sarah Caisip, a 26-year-old Canberra-based graduate nurse, permission to attend her father’s funeral.
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Awaken with JP – The Pandemic Hotline
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How ridiculous it is.
SCholarship like this will go right over the heads of Andrews and Palaszczuk. Couple of midgit intellects struggling to keep up