August 2015
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
Why Australia won’t help the Rohingya
Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Greece’s economic crisis
IBAC investigates Victoria’s rotten education bureaucracy
The Nation Reviewed
Tony Abbott’s surprises keep coming
The constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians requires meaningful consultation
Body Electric’s jazz ballet for adults
The many talents of a much-maligned rodent
Medicine
Arts & Letters
Icon as exhibit at ACMI’s ‘David Bowie Is’
Why we keep watching ‘The Americans’, ‘Veep’ and ‘House of Cards’
Emma Kowal’s ‘Trapped in the Gap’ examines the ‘White anti-racist’ in indigenous Australia
Marina Abramović in Australia
Noted
‘Appetites for Thought’ by Michel Onfray Trans. Donald Barry and Stephen Muecke; Reaktion Books; $40
‘The Festival of Insignificance’ by Milan Kundera Trans. Linda Asher; Faber & Faber; $24.99
