A unitary theory of cuts
The Morrison government is using the COVID-19 crisis to devastate the public service, the ABC, the arts and tertiary education
In light of recent events
To combat COVID-19, a Japanese amusement park asked thrillseekers to “please scream inside your heart” — npr.org, July 2020
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator, artist and cartoonist.
‘Antkind’ by Charlie Kaufman
The debut novel from the screenwriter and director of ‘Being John Malkovich’, ‘Synecdoche, New York’ and more is the zippiest postmodern, self-referential doorstop you’ll ever read
The gendered pandemic
Coronavirus lockdown is undoing gains for women in employment, shared domestic labour and protection from family violence
Louisa Lawson, our first public feminist
The pioneer of publishing and women’s rights has been unjustly overshadowed by regard for her famous son, Henry
Milk it: ‘First Cow’
Kelly Reichardt’s restrained frontier film considers the uneasy problems of money and resources
The summer’s tale: On Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet
Addressing climate crisis and global pandemic, the concluding book in Ali Smith’s quartet reminds us that an ending is also a beginning
Political maverick
Joel Fitzgibbon is starting to resemble Barnaby Joyce in his deliberate departure from the political mainstream
MIFF 68 ½ at home
Films by Kelly Reichardt, Ulrike Ottinger, Ja’Tovia Gary and Djibril Diop Mambéty captivate, despite a radically different festival format