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September 22, 2021Birth of a larrikin
The disguised rise of Scott Morrison
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February 1, 2021The emperor’s new robe
When four-time mayor Paul Pisasale was jailed for fraud and corruption, ‘Mr Ipswich’ left behind a fractured city ruled for the benefit of developers and mates
Society
August 1, 2020The art of class war
How decades after Murdoch and Packer destroyed the popular appeal of a game created for the masses, Peter V’landys is putting rugby league back on top
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May 1, 2020Hillsong’s strange tides
Brian Houston’s Pentecostal movement in an age of climate change and coronavirus
Society
April 1, 2020Three disasters, a wedding and a funeral
Reckoning with family in times of drought, fire and flood
Politics
November 1, 2019How good is Queensland?
Voices from the state that has turned against Labor as a party of federal government
Society
July 2, 2019Statement of origin
Indigenous rugby league players lead a silent revolt on the national anthem
Politics
June 2, 2019Family feud
A firsthand view of the nation’s new political faultlines
Politics
May 1, 2019Terri Butler’s rise through the rancour
The Queensland Labor MP on the hustings and the hating
Politics
April 1, 2019The parable of Lyle Shelton and Dianne Thorley
When Christianity, climate change and drought collided in Toowoomba