Federal politics
Tanya Plibersek’s hostile environment
Far from being sidelined, Tanya Plibersek has been tasked with a monumental challenge: steering Australia’s response to the unfolding environmental catastrophes
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Surfing the joyous shallows, the author looks out to the big waves and sees the sadness men carry in deeper water
Giddy up: Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’
A shoddy monster movie suggests the exciting director’s career might be closer to M. Night Shyamalan’s than Steven Spielberg’s
Should Scott Morrison’s secret ministries really be our biggest concern?
Tanya Plibersek’s hostile environment
Far from being sidelined, Tanya Plibersek has been tasked with a monumental challenge: steering Australia’s response to the unfolding environmental catastrophes
It’s a sign of how broken our politics has become if a new government won’t consider policies outside of its immediate budget targets
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International politics
Deciphering China’s intentions in PNG
Who should Australia believe about China’s business and strategic interests in Papua New Guinea?
Federal politics
Should Scott Morrison’s secret ministries really be our biggest concern?
Books
The secret of the missing eyebrows
As the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Week draws to a close, the author reflects on the unusual influence of books from his childhood
Indigenous Australia
When Indigenous legal services enact a “freeze” on new clients in a ploy for more funding, it only hurts vulnerable people
Film
Lachlan McLeod’s absorbing documentary about trauma cleaner Sandra Pankhurst considers how traumatic experiences leave their mark
Federal politics
How to read first parliamentary speeches
What might the first speeches of our new crop of federal MPs tell us about the parliament, and careers, ahead?
Law and order
Why have we accepted secret trials?
The attorney-general must counter the national security overreach that denies open justice in cases such as the Witness J trial
Environment
Front-row seats to the end of the Reef
Visiting the Australian Institute of Marine Science to witness the sobering studies charting the decline of the Great Barrier Reef
Society
Somerton Man: the science and the myths
DNA studies have provided the identity of the Somerton Man, but can’t explain why our fascination with his fate endures
Surfing the joyous shallows, the author looks out to the big waves and sees the sadness men carry in deeper water
Film
Giddy up: Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’
A shoddy monster movie suggests the exciting director’s career might be closer to M. Night Shyamalan’s than Steven Spielberg’s
Film
Green screen: Colm Bairéad’s ‘The Quiet Girl’
An uneasy but hypnotic Irish-language feature about the secrets surrounding a child sent to live with extended family
Books
Kate Atkinson’s witty, melancholic novel is an immersion in 1920s London nightclubs – the Soho shrines that disguise dens of iniquity
Television
A fine-dining chef inherits a busy Chicago sandwich joint after a family tragedy, in this taut, fulfilling series
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HOST Ruby Jones
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HOST Ruby Jones
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