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August 1, 2020Storm in a port: The unfolding disaster of the Ruby Princess
The system breakdowns onboard and onshore that led to the docking of the coronavirus cruise ship
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Society
August 1, 2020Storm in a port: The unfolding disaster of the Ruby Princess
The system breakdowns onboard and onshore that led to the docking of the coronavirus cruise ship
Politics
August 1, 2019Hellraiser
How evangelical footballer Israel Folau lit a fire under the culture wars
Society
April 1, 2018Jeremy Heimans: the up-start
The co-founder of GetUp! might be the most influential Australian in the world
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August 1, 2014Supermarket monsters
Coles, Woolworths and the price we pay for their domination
Society
December 6, 2012On the Nose
The rise of cricket’s faceless men
Mining boom
December 3, 2012What the Boom Won’t Leave Behind
Mining literature
Liberal Party
November 1, 2012Singo & Gina
The Worker's Party
One-sport Wonders
It’s the type of dewy summer morning when you can be sunburnt by 8 am. On the cricket field, 10 year olds in whites are hoping the hard ball won’t come their way, or, if it must, that they’ll be concentrating on the match and not that big woolly …
New York Times
April 4, 2012Randy House
EL James’ 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
Society
March 31, 2011The old boy
Knox Grammar’s Adrian Nisbett
Politics
December 2, 2010Cronulla five years on
Ever since Willemering put a spear through Arthur Phillip’s shoulder at Manly Cove in 1790, Sydney’s beaches have had a reputation for hostility to new arrivals. The precious beauty of the coast lends itself to lines literally drawn in the sand. One …
Society
October 1, 2010The mission
The Bowraville murders
Culture
June 30, 2010The next chapter
Tom Gilliatt thought he was quick on the uptake of Amazon’s Kindle – until he took one home. The non-fiction publisher at Pan Macmillan had his company e-reader, one of the first in Australia, taken away by his 11-year-old son, Freddy. “I was going …
Society
June 2, 2010The hard stuff
It was a recession; that’s my excuse. A friend got me a job interview with the world’s second-biggest management consultancy. A man and a woman sat me down in a conference room. They seemed barely older than me, children somehow left in charge of …
Politics
April 29, 2010Nuclear dawn
On 7 April at the National Press Club, Greens leader Bob Brown debated Ziggy Switkowski on Australia’s nuclear energy future. The debate had an odd feel, as Brown is categorical about Australia having no nuclear energy future and Switkowski contends …