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A firelight stick on the hill
As momentum builds to this year’s referendum, the man long regarded as the ‘Father of Reconciliation’ reflects on a life fighting for a better Australia
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Life in plastic: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’
Margot Robbie is exceptional as the classic doll brought to life, but the film’s feminism is entry-level
A dialogue for time immemorial
The voice seeks to bring together First Nations and the Australian people to repair the original grievance of this place
As momentum builds to this year’s referendum, the man long regarded as the ‘Father of Reconciliation’ reflects on a life fighting for a better Australia
The voice and our inauthentic heart
Racism, the Murdoch media and what success or defeat for the voice to parliament means for the stories we tell
Are the teals, representing some of the nation’s wealthiest electorates, our best hope for addressing inequality?
Exposing criminality at work is a moral act, but with whistleblower laws failing to protect those who speak up, lawyers are seeking novel solutions
Life in plastic: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’
Margot Robbie is exceptional as the classic doll brought to life, but the film’s feminism is entry-level
A dialogue for time immemorial
The voice seeks to bring together First Nations and the Australian people to repair the original grievance of this place
Caps on campaign spending and political donations may finally be addressed, following a new report
Sex doesn’t always sell: ‘The Idol’
Plus, Sarah Snook shines in ‘Run Rabbit Run’, the second season of so-bad-it’s-almost-good ‘And Just Like That’, and ‘I’m a Virgo’ delivers social commentary with absurd humour
The high cost of Lowe inflation
The RBA refuses to hear that interest rates won’t control inflation, and people are suffering as a result
The events surrounding Senator David Van’s expulsion to the crossbench show the Liberal Party still has a problem with attitudes towards women
Pining for an authentic Indian street-corner chai leads the author to a gastronomic carpark in Geelong
The female unique: ‘Art Monsters’ and ‘The Other Side’
New books on women’s art from Lauren Elkin and Jennifer Higgie explore the expression of monstrosity and the marginalisation of spiritual experience
Emotional virtue: ‘Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi’ and ‘Rembrandt: True to Life’
Concurrent exhibitions at the NGV survey the intense realism of Rembrandt and the emotional power of colour harnessed by Pierre Bonnard
Gilded feet have got no rhythm: ‘Carmen’
Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera’s lack of chemistry exemplifies Benjamin Millepied’s unrestrained Mexico–US border rework of the classic story
Is the story of George Orwell’s mean and selfish treatment of his wife complete without the literary achievements his behaviour permitted?
Sarah Percy’s ‘Forgotten Warriors’
A history of women’s overlooked contributions to wartime combat and the disempowerment delivered under the guise of chivalry
‘You don’t have to like people, only love them’
An observation from Father Bob Maguire – and an antisemitic man in need of charity – taught the author a valuable life lesson
Beyond PwC: The big consultancy rip-off
Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Middleton on the big four consultancies – and why one contract between Deloitte and the Home Affairs department had to be terminated.
HOST Ange McCormack
GUEST Karen Middleton
Albanese’s media blitz as Voice support drops
Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno, on the official cases and why Anthony Albanese is feeling the need to go on a media blitz.
HOST Ange McCormack
GUEST Paul Bongiorno
Tony Birch Doesn’t Believe in Luck
Award-winning writer and historian Tony Birch grew up listening to stories from his nan, Alma.
HOST Michael Williams
GUEST Tony Birch