Politics
Hellraiser
How evangelical footballer Israel Folau lit a fire under the culture wars
August 2019
August 2019 eBook
Federal politics
How did a man with such right-wing beliefs become Labor Party leader, and what is he cooking up now?
Family and relationships
Dwindling stocks of Australian sperm have fertility clinics looking overseas and couples looking online
Environment
The terrible truth of climate change
The latest science is alarming, even for climate scientists
Society
People are risking their lives for a selfie at Royal National Park’s Figure Eight Pools
Science and technology
The Australian woman on the shortlist to bid farewell to Earth forever
One man’s battle against the confounding maths of a Centrelink robodebt
Swan song: Documenting the Adam Goodes saga
Two documentaries consider how racism ended the AFL star’s career
Books
Robot love: Ian McEwan’s ‘Machines Like Me’ and Jeanette Winterson’s ‘Frankissstein’
Literary authors tackle sentience and rationality in AI, with horrific results
Film
Popcorn maker: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’
The tide may have turned against the director’s juvenile instincts and misogynist violence
Music
Happy trails: Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’
The gay country-rapper exposes the complex play of identity, algorithms and capitalism
Books
‘The White Girl’ by Tony Birch
An emotionally eloquent novel about the necessary inheritance of strength in Indigenous women
Art
‘Monet: Impression Sunrise’ at the National Gallery of Australia
Impressionism’s namesake painting is at the heart of a masterful collection from the Musée Marmottan Monet
