Society
Nuclear brinkmanship and the doomsday scenario
The risk posed by the global weapons complex is much worse than you know

Issues and policies
A change in our head of state won’t change everything, and other lessons for the next push
Issues and policies
The republic is an Aboriginal issue
Recognition must be at the heart of constitutional reform
Education
Could a computer mark a NAPLAN essay?
If student assessment is automated, what might it miss?
Male puberty’s difficult lessons
Books
Ceridwen Dovey’s ‘In the Garden of the Fugitives’
Reality flexes at the edges of Dovey’s second novel
Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Death of Stalin’
This Soviet satire pushes comedy’s tragedy-plus-time formula to the limit
Music
Young Fathers’ ‘Cocoa Sugar’
The Scottish group’s third album proves they don’t sound like anyone else
Books
Tim Winton’s ‘The Shepherd’s Hut’
One of Australia’s most acclaimed novelists offers a painful and beautiful story of redemption
Books
Zadie Smith’s ‘Feel Free’
In this collection of essays, Smith shines when she’s addressing the personal