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Editor’s Note September 2018
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September in Australia means celebrating football fever. But as Wendy Carlisle’s extensive investigation for The Monthly reveals, players may pay a permanent price for their brief moments of on-field glory. While American football has been …
Editor’s Note July 2018
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When trying to account for Rupert Murdoch’s influence over the past six decades, one of the difficulties is imagining a world without it. As Richard Cooke points out in the July issue of The Monthly, modern life sans Murdoch is almost inconceivable, …
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September 2018
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Helen Garner on the courts and Ceridwen Dovey on David Sinclair’s cure for ageing Helen Garner visits the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court. Ceridwen Dovey explores the work of Australian geneticist David Sinclair, who has discovered a way to reverse …
Twenty-four dollars and some sense
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The best prospect for workplace reform is a change of government
One Nation divided
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It’s her way or the highway for Burston
Cash comments
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The minister fronts the media after being subpoenaed
Espionage and clandestine interference
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Bob Carr and questions about Chinese influence
Stop and listen
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The Turnbull government refuses to acknowledge Indigenous voices
Editor’s Note June 2018
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“The writer, like the murderer, needs a motive,” Janet Malcolm once wrote. For good reason, a savvy writer is wary of being written about. Knowing what’s involved, why should she submit herself to the motives – and the savage scrutiny – of …
Budget 2018: expect the expected
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Morrison will predict great things for the economy and spend accordingly
Editor’s Note May 2018
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In Australia, according to the latest census figures, the average woman does 14 hours of housework and family organisation per week; the average man does fewer than five. Women do three quarters of the child care, and 70 per cent of caring for elderly …
Editor’s Note March 2018
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Looking at the news over the past fortnight (or year, or decade), you might reasonably wonder what on earth is the matter with Parliament House. What happens to people when they spend a lot of time there, and why? Luckily, we have a recent escapee …
Editor’s Note February 2018
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What does it mean to be Australian? Perhaps it means not understanding much about our history. The celebration of Australia Day on January 26 would certainly seem to suggest there’s a strong strain of willed ignorance in our national culture. How else …
