David Marr's review of 2015: terror fears and shark scares, but Australia carried on regardless

Nothing defined the year in Australia as strongly as the response to terrorism, and climate change made its presence felt. Yet when it came to refugees or progressive reform, it remained as indifferent as ever

Let's not forget, while we're picking over the remains of 2015, that this was the year of the shark; the year the price of red dirt hit the floor, and the hard right hit the wall; the year Australia got away with it again.