Robert Skinner

A solo road trip back to harsh realities

Keeping up appearances during periods of homelessness

One man’s battle against the confounding maths of a Centrelink robodebt

One man’s pursuit of a life without work

An unexpected stop prompts the question: Just what is the deal with the Dog on the Tuckerbox?

A 10-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.

The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis

There’s more to throwing a party than putting out some dips

When European Christmas meets Australian suburbia

When you’re driving a bus full of tourists through the Australian outback, a packet of chewing gum may be your only hope

Catching a ride with strangers is harder than it looks

I had a brief and successful career as a landscape labourer. We were building some big park for a new residential community. It was my job to dig trenches, lay pipes and trudge around while everyone else rode on the machines. It was 41 degrees in the …

Last year we celebrated New Year’s in one of Australia's worst towns. There was no phone reception and no way of contacting the outside world, which explained in part why people persisted living there. It was a seaside town. The tides there …

Dear Robyn, I am writing to say that I enjoyed reading and appreciated your article in the Monthly. I'm interested to hear if your criticism is with literary journals in general or just with those in Australia? If literary journals …