Indigenous Australia
Yukun’s return
The historic repatriation of the remains of an Aboriginal man murdered by a white policeman at Uluru in 1934
The Monthly | Australian politics, society & culture
The December – January issue
Orchestral manoeuvres: ‘Tár’ and ‘White Noise’
Todd Field’s drama asks to what extent we can separate a work from its maker, while Noah Baumbach tackles DeLillo’s best-known novel
Doctored facts in The Australian
The danger of misrepresenting new malpractice regulations as muzzling doctors’ opinions
The historic repatriation of the remains of an Aboriginal man murdered by a white policeman at Uluru in 1934
Robodebt and the transmission of shame
What the robodebt royal commission tells us about who knew what, and why it matters
Environment
Firewood harvesting threatens forests
Illegal timber felling is destroying globally significant river red gum forests in northern Victoria
Federal politics
Robodebt and the transmission of shame
What the robodebt royal commission tells us about who knew what, and why it matters
Film
From an Iranian masterpiece lost for decades to a devastating documentary about troubled children in eastern Ukraine, the year on screen was full of surprises
Film
Opening dialogues at the Marrakech International Film Festival 2022
The largest film festival in the Arab world showcases stories from around the globe, but those from Arabic and Middle Eastern filmmakers prove the most telling
Society
Remembering a Christmas amid the strains of both John Farnham and extended family
Law and order
The twin spectacles in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann
Neither trial by jury nor trial by media are effective paths to a true, restorative justice
Federal politics
How an understanding of history would prepare our economic leaders to lay the groundwork for the future
Health
Doctored facts in The Australian
The danger of misrepresenting new malpractice regulations as muzzling doctors’ opinions
Science and technology
How an Australian discovered the oldest heart on the fossil record in the Kimberleys
Religion and ethics
In a temple in Melbourne, mystics, activists and feminists find common cause in goddess worship
The joys of planning then surrendering to a native garden, before bidding it a fond farewell
Art
The artist in space: Simryn Gill’s ‘Clearing’
A new commission for AGNSW’s Sydney Modern showcases the artist’s dedication to bearing witness
Film
Louche rich sink ships: Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle of Sadness’
The Swedish director’s Palme d’Or–winning satire of the ultra wealthy successfully throws a lot of (literal) crap at the wall
Film
Orchestral manoeuvres: ‘Tár’ and ‘White Noise’
Todd Field’s drama asks to what extent we can separate a work from its maker, while Noah Baumbach tackles DeLillo’s best-known novel
Film
The dry and the wet: Robert Connolly
The Australian producer-director of ‘Blueback’ has always sought to spotlight people with vision
Music
While my guitar gently bleeps: Oren Ambarchi’s ‘Shebang’
Another mesmerising album from the itinerant Australian, in collaboration with some of the biggest names in experimental music
Stories
A new story from Nobel Prize–winning author J.M. Coetzee, in its first English publication, for Summer Reading
Stories
A new story from Abigail Ulman, author of ‘Hot Little Hands’, for Summer Reading
Stories
TV host, comedian and writer Shaun Micallef revisits Dickens’ seasonal classic, for Summer Reading
Books
The English master novelist’s latest describes a boy’s sexual awakening with his piano teacher, and its lasting impact on his life
Books
Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella’s ‘ART’
The poets’ second collaboration, including work from the late Nyoongar artist Shane Pickett, interrogates the settler-colonial mindset
‘A patch of land’: Gardening with Laura Tingle
On this Weekend Read, chief political correspondent for the ABC’s 7.30 program Laura Tingle, with her piece from the summer issue of The Monthly.
HOST Ruby Jones
GUEST Laura Tingle
How counter-terrorism turned a blind eye to the far right, with Lydia Khalil
Author Lydia Khalil discusses how counter-terrorism turned a blind eye to the far right and how we all need to solve that problem.
HOST Ruby Jones
GUEST Lydia Khalil
The search for the very first star, with Dr Alan Duffy
Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University, Dr Alan Duffy on why the last year marked a new beginning for our understanding of the universe.
HOST Ruby Jones
GUEST Alan Duffy