Nick Feik

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 …

Also featuring the legend of Australian spy Laurie Matheson and Andrew Ford on Leonard Bernstein

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, …

The best prospect for workplace reform is a change of government

It’s her way or the highway for Burston

The minister fronts the media after being subpoenaed

Bob Carr and questions about Chinese influence

The Turnbull government refuses to acknowledge Indigenous voices

“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 …