Budget night: a triumph of rite over truth
9/05/2007 12:00:00 AM
Guy Rundle writes:
So it is that every year, our shaman gather in Canberra. Like priests before a ritual they are sealed off from the profane world in a special retreat (‘the lock-up’) and bonded together in a sacred pact, which sets them off as a distinct group against the rest of their people.