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The task ahead for Anthony Albanese in restoring the idea that governments should seek to make the country better
The Monthly | Australian politics, society & culture
The July issue
The task ahead for Anthony Albanese in restoring the idea that governments should seek to make the country better
The future of the Liberal Party
Peter Dutton doesn’t just have a talent problem on his hands
Does the military attract violent misanthropists, or are they forged in murky theatres of war?
Health and welfare advocates have expressed outrage at Labor for leaving several Coalition decisions in place
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Federal politics
The future of the Liberal Party
Peter Dutton doesn’t just have a talent problem on his hands
Australian Defence Force
Does the military attract violent misanthropists, or are they forged in murky theatres of war?
Television
‘Sex Education’ writer Alice Seabright’s new psychological thriller probing social media leads this month’s streaming highlights
Art
‘The Picasso Century’ at the NGV
The NGV’s exhibition offers a fascinating history of the avant-garde across the Spanish artist’s lifetime
Resources
Local gas suppliers aren’t in crisis – soaring prices are going according to plan
Environment
What the oil and gas industry tells itself
A week after the devastating floods, the fossil-fuel industry described the scarcity of new projects today as “frightening”
Law and order
Recent High Court decisions are testing who can be considered citizens, and who the federal government can exclude from Australia
VOX
The author’s frightening experiences of long COVID, a condition still poorly understood and in desperate need of more resources
How being attacked for considering testosterone supplements led to a (brief) reflection on the wisdom of immersing oneself in the story
Art
Mission statement: Daniel Boyd’s ‘Treasure Island’
An AGNSW exhibition traces the development of the Indigenous artist’s idiosyncratic technique, which questions ideas of perception
Art
The dream machine: The 59th Venice Biennale
Curator Cecilia Alemani’s long overdue Biennale overwhelmingly features female artists and champions indigenous voices and other minorities
Architecture
Shades of grey: Kerstin Thompson Architects
The lauded Melbourne-based architectural firm showcase a rare ability to sensitively mediate between the old and the new
Film
Writer/director Alex Garland’s latest film is an unsubtle but ambitious pastoral horror, mixing the Christian with the classical
Books
The American novelist Hernan Diaz audits the silence of great wealth in a story of four parts presented as novel, autobiography, memoir and diary
Television
Olivier Assayas revisits his 1996 film in a delicious palindromic limited series, in which a frazzled director remakes his ‘Irma Vep’ film into a TV series
Can Albanese win over world leaders?
Chris Wallace on Albanese’s attempts at a reset.
HOST Ruby Jones
GUEST Chris Wallace
The ruling that could end trans inclusion in sport
Trans athletes have effectively been banned from elite swimming. The decision and the document released by FINA could have an impact not just on swimmers, but on how other sports around the world handle participation and inclusion. So what does it say?
HOST Ruby Jones
GUEST Martin McKenzie-Murray, Caroline Layt
How the Christian right overturned Roe v Wade
Elle Hardy on how the Christian right plotted for years to overturn Roe v Wade and why they are not done yet.
HOST Ruby Jones
GUEST Elle Hardy