September 26, 2018
Arts special with award winning artist Mojo Juju
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Also featuring director Rachel Perkins plus Karen Hitchcock on drug legalisation
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August 29, 2018
Helen Garner on the courts, and a cure for ageing?
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Also featuring the legend of Australian spy Laurie Matheson and Andrew Ford on Leonard Bernstein
September 3, 2018
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 …
July 2, 2018
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, …
June 1, 2018
Twenty-four dollars and some sense
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The best prospect for workplace reform is a change of government
May 31, 2018
One Nation divided
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It’s her way or the highway for Burston
May 30, 2018
Cash comments
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The minister fronts the media after being subpoenaed
May 29, 2018
Espionage and clandestine interference
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Bob Carr and questions about Chinese influence
May 28, 2018
Stop and listen
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The Turnbull government refuses to acknowledge Indigenous voices
May 24, 2018
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 …
May 8, 2018
Budget 2018: expect the expected
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Morrison will predict great things for the economy and spend accordingly
April 27, 2018
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 …
March 1, 2018
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 …