Federal politics
Capitalism after the crises
In a time of serial disruption – to our economy, our society and our environment – the treasurer argues for the place of values and optimism in how we rethink capitalism
February 2023
February 2023 eBook
Hillsong and the life of Brian
The Hillsong founder lost control, first of his judgement, then of his authority and finally of his church itself – now, on criminal trial, he’s desperate to control his story
New president Ferdinand Marcos Jr promised a more compassionate approach to the Philippines’ war on drugs, but the shadow of Rodrigo Duterte remains
It’s a new year and COVID remains a major public health crisis – so why isn’t the government talking about it?
Michael-Shawn Fletcher’s claims that conservation measures create extreme bushfire conditions are dangerously informing government policy
Touring the suburbs with a man in possession of a professionally average sense of smell
Care and control in the Kimberley
Could on-Country communities help address soaring juvenile crime rates in remote Western Australia?
VOX
After the death of her mother, the author reflects on the hold of sugar upon her family’s health and history
Remembering the late poet through his writing about fishing on his beloved river
Modern times: AGNSW’s new galleries
In Sydney Modern, Pritzker Prize–winning architects SANAA have delivered the gallery a cluster of pavilions with an emphasis on movement and people-watching
Terracotta worriers: Linda Marrinon
The Australian artist’s brilliant, cack-handed plaster and terracotta figurines recall ancient Greek statuettes, and possess a similar aura of inauthenticity
Wince upon a time in Hollywood: ‘Babylon’ and ‘Aftersun’
Damien Chazelle’s cacophonous reimagining of silent-cinema Tinseltown, and Charlotte Wells’ beguiling film about mourning
The Duke of Sussex’s blockbuster memoir surprises with its mastery of self-portraiture, and of payback
Emily Bootle’s ‘This Is Not Who I Am’
The British writer explores the debilitating effects of our culture’s insistence on the performance of authenticity
‘Robert, this morning you have the straightest back in class’
In the first of a new series on lines long remembered, the author recalls how a schoolteacher’s praise reverberated beyond the classroom
