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My life as a human bug

This masterful writer gives a voice to society's despised outsider. Cockroach By Rawi Hage Penguin, 305pp, $32.95

Verminous view of the world

Rawi Hage's powerful novel examining the plight of society's human "vermin" shows us once again that his is a distinct, uncompromising voice, writes Kevin Rabalais.

Meet The Natives

3/5 MEET THE NATIVES Wednesday 8.30pm, ABC2

Lord Of The Dance Enjoys Visit To Oz

THE RHYTHMS OF IRELAND Saturday, 5pm and 8pm: Illawarra Performing Arts Centre Adults $59.90; concessions $49.90; children $44.90 Bookings: 4226 3366 By the end of this visit to Australia, dancer David Moore will have visited more of the country's cities and regional centres than most natives will in their lifetime.

Stop The War

Thinking of swapping exotics for natives? It doesn't have to be one or the other, says Dirk den Hartog.

When Push Comes To Shove Landowners Stand Up For Their Rights

The natives are getting restless. On February 11 there will be a rally in Hyde Park to protest against the State Government's long-running assault on democracy and private property. At a meeting at Rouse Hill just before Christmas, about a dozen community groups decided to join forces for what they hope will be a big event.

Sea Wall No Match For Tide's Fury

"NATIVES quit vanishing Torres Islands," shouts the newspaper headline, published more than half a century ago above a photo of sombre-faced women and children.

By Gum, They're Good

Looking for the perfect tree? Check out the friendly natives.

Look Out, It's The New Blak

COMEDY FESTIVAL REVIEW: NATIVES STRIKIN' BLAK *** Melbourne Town Hall, until May 7

The Golden Rule

Plant natives in autumn and you will be rewarded in spring, writes Diana Snape.

Visit From A Snowy New Chum

FOR the first time in the memory of the oldest inhabitants, snow fell in Sydney on the morning of Tuesday last. About seven o'clock in the morning a drifting fall covered the streets, nearly an inch in depth; and it really was amusing to witness how the "natives" stared at so unexpected a visitant.

Bliss Of Garden Blitz

IT took a bunch of celebrities, dozens of natives and 21/2 days of hard yakka to get Clare Fairless the garden she wanted.

Why Those Foreign 'aggies' Are Asking For Trouble

H. E. Hayward (Letters, November 21) may be surprised to learn that those "humble" agapanthus plants being vandalised at present are also considered to be weeds by those who care about the overall welfare of our native flora. Perhaps those North Shore gardens that are being vandalised would be better off if those alluring "aggies" were replaced by some other types of plants (perhaps even natives) that are not likely to spread into the bush environment and become pests.

Playing Up To Camera

THE images of Australian photographer Frank Hurley ? of the first Antarctic explorers, world wars, brutal landscapes and mysterious natives in the jungles of Papua New Guinea ? have captured the imagination of all who have seen them.

Bush Craft

They've been in and out of fashion; now natives are making a quiet comeback, writes Paul Bangay.

Pointing The Funny Bone At White Fellas

NATIVES GETTING FUNNY Melbourne Town Hall, 5.30pm tomorrow

Indigenous Fallacies

Michael McCoy gets to the root of the growing-natives debate.

Harvey Needs To Step Up

Crunch time has arrived for Victorian all-rounder Ian Harvey. His career may not yet be at crisis point, but he needs to start posting a few significant figures for the Bushrangers to pacify some restless natives.

Teaching Teens Nobody's Perfect

SARAH Wynter's flop and Eliza Stankovic's ``fart"have kept the pair of Newcastle natives humble in the face of stardom.