Politics
PwC and a question of character
How a culture of outsourcing created a shadow public service and captured government
August 2023
August 2023 eBook
Why do some people with Aboriginal ancestry choose not to identify as Indigenous, even when First Nations communities are welcoming?
Brute Reserve: The wrong time to restrict the influence of the RBA
As central banks around the world assume greater responsibility for economic policy settings, especially in the face of climate change pressures, the RBA is being reduced to an inflation-buster
Power and the glory: The ‘Forgiveness Cross’
The unveiling of an illuminated Christian monument near the remote community of Haasts Bluff, west of Alice Springs
The mother of robodebt victim Rhys Cauzzo on hopes the royal commission may offer the beginnings of justice
A modest proposal for submarine money
AUKUS is the gold standard of a major reform being implemented without sufficient detail – or a referendum
Heat-resistant strains of giant kelp are being planted around the Tasman Peninsula in a bid to restore the once great marine forests devastated by climate change
Blank stare: The drawings of Elizabeth Newman
The minimalist works of this Melbourne-based artist derive from her pursuit of the most authentic and primitive expression
Terror Australis: The rise of Australian horror
Horror’s low budgets and broad church have seen a group of local filmmakers gain Hollywood’s attention
Close encounters of the shared kind: ‘Past Lives’
Korean debut filmmaker Celine Song’s elegant three-part love story embraces the Buddhist idea of encounters over many incarnations
Marie Darrieussecq’s ‘Sleepless’
Subtitled ‘A Memoir of Insomnia’, the French author’s latest has her contemplating bedtime rituals, sedation and ‘four-in-the-morning literature’
Aaron Peters and Stuart Vokes’ ‘Migrations from Memory’
A slender and witty volume from Brisbane architects presents ways to combat the city’s supersized houses and disconnection from the streets
‘You never know who you might meet’
A piece of motherly prompting, at first dismissed but later embraced, helped in the author’s life and her writing
