Descent from the summit
Looking back on Kevin Rudd’s overly ambitious and thinly detailed Australia 2020 Summit
In light of recent events
Rorschach Test: Do you exhibit a “baby boomer state of mind”?
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator and artist. Raised Eyebrows, his yearly newspaper of drawings, is out now.
‘The Bass Rock’ by Evie Wyld
The Miles Franklin–winning author’s latest novel expands on her interest in the submission and consequential fury of women amid the impersonal natural world
Behind the coronavirus masks
An infectious diseases physician on facing COVID-19
The climate interviews
In the face of the looming catastrophes of climate change, how do we talk when we’re lost for words? The author speaks with everyday Australians to see if we can articulate hope and provoke action
Serenity
Give us not serenity but a sense of urgency in the face of catastrophic climate change
Bitter pill: ‘Collective’
This staggering documentary exposes institutionalised corruption in Romanian hospitals
All things considered: Emily Maguire’s ‘Love Objects’
The Australian writer’s latest novel portrays hoarding with an acute understanding of the deeply human desire to connect
Held in common: ‘The National’ at the MCA
Foregrounding women’s practice, this exhibition of contemporary Australian art proposes a poetics of inclusion