▁Magazine ▁and ▁Arena ▁Journal ▁▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁it ▁was ▁becoming ▁increasing ly ▁difficult ▁to ▁bridge ▁the ▁deeper ▁theoretical ▁deb ates ▁and ▁more ▁current ▁analysis ▁within ▁one ▁publication . ▁Arena ▁( qu arter ly ) ▁was ▁concluded ▁at ▁issue ▁ 9 9 / 1 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁and ▁two ▁new ▁publications ▁launched ▁– ▁the ▁popular ▁political ▁and ▁cultural ▁comment ary ▁publication ▁Arena ▁Magazine ▁( 6 ▁times ▁per ▁year ) ▁and ▁the ▁twice - year ly ▁theoretical , ▁academ ically ▁ref ere ed ▁publication , ▁Arena ▁Journal . ▁ ▁Draw ing ▁on ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁writers , ▁and ▁acting ▁as ▁a ▁more ▁pl ural ist ▁space ▁for ▁deb ates ▁within ▁critical ▁streams ▁of ▁Australian ▁thought ▁and ▁politics , ▁Arena ' s ▁edit ors ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁key ▁deb ates ▁in ▁Australian ▁political ▁and ▁cultural ▁life ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁fifteen ▁years . ▁These ▁found ▁their ▁most ▁directly ▁engaged ▁expression ▁in ▁the ▁Magazine ; ▁they ▁included ▁an ▁extended ▁consideration ▁of ▁the ▁relations ▁between ▁Ind igen ous ▁and ▁non - Ind igen ous ▁Australia , ▁and ▁the ▁challeng es ▁faced ▁by ▁traditional ▁Ind igen ous ▁communities ▁within ▁a ▁modern ▁framework ; ▁the ▁import ation ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁' c ulture ▁wars ' ▁and ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁right - wing ▁popul ism ▁as ▁a ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁' un ground ing ' ▁of ▁social ▁life ▁under ▁global isation ; ▁the ▁contradict ions ▁ar ising ▁from ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁post -