Society
Dining on disaster
What goes into the Tasmanian salmon on your plate. Essay by Richard Flanagan. Documentary by Justin Kurzel and Conor Castles-Lynch.
April 2021
April 2021 eBook
Federal politics
Criminal law is not the only legal avenue to consider Christian Porter’s accountability and his future
Environment
Extreme weather events are affecting this monotreme in unforeseen ways
Books
The death of Yokununna: ‘Return to Uluru’
Mark McKenna explores Australia’s history of violence, dispossession and deception through one tragic incident
Books
The lightness of unbearable being: ‘Double Blind’
Edward St Aubyn tackles familiar themes – desire, drug use, psychoanalysis – via a fresh suite of characters
Film
Amorality tale: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Told from an unexpected perspective, Shaka King’s film is one of the best recent-historical dramas
Music
Girls don’t cry: Arlo Parks and Phoebe Bridgers
Two young musicians spark the old double standard of judging female artists who demonstrate their pain
Art
‘Clarice Beckett: The Present Moment’
This AGSA exhibition goes a long way to redress an Australian artist’s meagre reputation
Environment
The rotting underbelly of the salmon industry. Essay by Richard Flanagan. Documentary by Justin Kurzel and Conor Castles-Lynch.
