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Capitalism after the crises
In a time of serial disruption – to our economy, our society and our environment – the treasurer argues for the place of values and optimism in how we rethink capitalism
The Monthly | Australian politics, society & culture
In a time of serial disruption – to our economy, our society and our environment – the treasurer argues for the place of values and optimism in how we rethink capitalism
Hillsong and the life of Brian
The Hillsong founder lost control, first of his judgement, then of his authority and finally of his church itself – now, on criminal trial, he’s desperate to control his story
It’s a new year and COVID remains a major public health crisis – so why isn’t the government talking about it?
Wince upon a time in Hollywood: ‘Babylon’ and ‘Aftersun’
Damien Chazelle’s cacophonous reimagining of silent-cinema Tinseltown, and Charlotte Wells’ beguiling film about mourning
Settler Australia is terrible at listening. All the more reason for a voice.
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Law and order
Hillsong and the life of Brian
The Hillsong founder lost control, first of his judgement, then of his authority and finally of his church itself – now, on criminal trial, he’s desperate to control his story
Law and order
New president Ferdinand Marcos Jr promised a more compassionate approach to the Philippines’ war on drugs, but the shadow of Rodrigo Duterte remains
Environment
Does Australia recycle anything? And does it matter?
The suspension of REDcycle’s soft plastics collection program has prompted questions about the state of recycling
Opera
‘Antarctica’ at Sydney Festival
Mary Finsterer’s stylistically diverse opera deftly interrogates the stories we have long been told about the great southern continent
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
Federal politics
It’s a new year and COVID remains a major public health crisis – so why isn’t the government talking about it?
Environment
Michael-Shawn Fletcher’s claims that conservation measures create extreme bushfire conditions are dangerously informing government policy
Society
Touring the suburbs with a man in possession of a professionally average sense of smell
Indigenous Australia
Care and control in the Kimberley
Could on-Country communities help address soaring juvenile crime rates in remote Western Australia?
VOX
After the death of her mother, the author reflects on the hold of sugar upon her family’s health and history
Remembering the late poet through his writing about fishing on his beloved river
Architecture
Modern times: AGNSW’s new galleries
In Sydney Modern, Pritzker Prize–winning architects SANAA have delivered the gallery a cluster of pavilions with an emphasis on movement and people-watching
Sculpture
Terracotta worriers: Linda Marrinon
The Australian artist’s brilliant, cack-handed plaster and terracotta figurines recall ancient Greek statuettes, and possess a similar aura of inauthenticity
Film
Wince upon a time in Hollywood: ‘Babylon’ and ‘Aftersun’
Damien Chazelle’s cacophonous reimagining of silent-cinema Tinseltown, and Charlotte Wells’ beguiling film about mourning
Books
The Duke of Sussex’s blockbuster memoir surprises with its mastery of self-portraiture, and of payback
Books
Emily Bootle’s ‘This Is Not Who I Am’
The American writer explores the debilitating effects of our culture’s insistence on the performance of authenticity
“Robert, this morning you have the straightest back in class”
In the first of a new series on lines long remembered, the author recalls how a schoolteacher’s praise reverberated beyond the classroom
‘Politicians are naturally weak’: Tony Windsor versus the gas industry
Former Independent MP Tony Windsor on our water, how gas developments can threaten it and how grassroots campaigns can force politicians to back down.
HOST Kara Jensen-Mackinnon
GUEST Tony Windsor
Alice Springs: The crisis that shouldn’t have happened
Columnist for The Saturday Paper Chris Wallace on how giving communities a voice could force politicians to face complex challenges.
HOST Ruby Jones
GUEST Chris Wallace
The case for returning crown land
Author and Noongar woman, Claire G. Coleman on the case for returning crown land.
HOST Ruby Jones
GUEST Claire G. Coleman