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December 2, 2019
Agents of chaos: Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’
Culture
The Russian expat journalist wonders if democracy can survive the internet, as social media is used to promote feelings over facts
Amanda Lohrey
By this author
July 1, 2018
The end of American diplomacy: Ronan Farrow’s ‘War on Peace’
Culture
The Pulitzer Prize winner explains how the State Department’s problems started long before Trump
September 25, 2019
‘Penny Wong: Passion and Principle’
Culture
Margaret Simons’ biography of one of the country’s most admired politicians
March 1, 2017
Tasmania got gamed
Culture
James Boyce’s ‘Losing Streak’ investigates how one family came to rule the state’s poker-machine industry
August 1, 2015
‘Appetites for Thought’ by Michel Onfray
Culture
Trans. Donald Barry and Stephen Muecke; Reaktion Books; $40
June 1, 2015
The new Greens
Politics
Richard Di Natale and a new leadership team hit the mainstream
December 1, 2014
A welcome contradiction
Art
Gambler and MONA founder David Walsh has written a book
July 1, 2014
Malcolm Turnbull, the prince of moderation
Liberal Party
How the Liberal Party has exiled its last reasonable man
June 1, 2014
Clive Palmer the trickster
Australian Politics
The Palmer United Party are anti-politics wildcards in Parliament
March 1, 2014
The Tasmanian election
ALP
The ALP, the Libs, the Greens, the split
November 1, 2013
Germaine Greer’s ‘White Beech’
The hero of this story is a tree or rather a species of tree
September 1, 2013
Andrew Wilkie’s re-election campaign
Australian Politics
In the 2007 election, Andrew Wilkie was a Greens senate candidate, no. 2 on the Tasmanian ticket behind Bob Brown. On a campaign drive around the state, Wilkie stopped overnight at the house of a Greens supporter in the seaside town of St Helens. The …
August 1, 2013
Fracking and food security
Politics
The Greens chase the farming vote