August 2017
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
The Greens should be celebrating their 25th birthday
The NDIS promised choice and control
Do smart devices in classrooms help kids learn?
The Nation Reviewed
Tony Abbott seems determined to wreck the clean energy target
A parliamentary committee’s report on the Centrelink robo-debt debacle makes for damning reading
The grey-headed flying fox faces a perilous nightly journey
The thylacine is thought be extinct. Might it still be found in mainland Australia?
VOX
A trip to Iran brings a senator face to face with the life that could have been
A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
Arts & Letters
Wonder, invention, anger and dejection
‘Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial’ at Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia
La Mama, one of Australia’s most influential theatre companies, turns 50
David Lowery’s ‘A Ghost Story’ successfully combines sorrow, absurdity and the supernatural
Jen Cloher’s self-titled album is a unique take on the trials of a touring musician
Noted
‘Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker’ by Marie Darrieussecq Trans. Penny Hueston; Text Publishing; $24.99
‘Bennelong’ by Bangarra Dance Theatre Sydney Opera House (touring Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne)
