Revolutions past
Labor and the Liberals have abandoned their old ideological contests as they battle to define the values of the new middle class
In light of recent events
The Teacher–Parent Interview
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator and artist. Raised Eyebrows, his yearly newspaper of drawings, is out now.
‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood
The Booker Prize–winning sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is an exhilarating thriller from the “wiliest writer alive”
The strip-search state
Successful compensation cases haven’t curbed the prevalence of unlawful strip-searches by NSW Police
‘The Man Who Saw Everything’ by Deborah Levy
The British author experiments with a narrative structure that collapses past and present
Premier league
Despite their highly criticised lockdowns, Daniel Andrews and Annastacia Palaszczuk remain popular in the polls
Processing trauma: ‘I May Destroy You’
Michaela Coel’s inventive series charting sexual assault and creativity is this month’s streaming standout
Bunkered down: ‘The Translators’
With a confusing plot and a reliance on clichés, the French thriller fails to excite
Realignment
How climate politics is fracturing Australia’s party system