Society
The endless reign of Rupert Murdoch
After decades of influence, the media mogul isn’t so much a person as an epoch
July 2018
July 2018 eBook
Issues and policies
Child protection doesn’t always protect children
When families in the Northern Territory need help, removing children isn’t necessarily the answer
Indigenous Australia
An uncoordinated approach to treaty-making creates a quandary for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Issues and policies
Minding your data in a post-GDPR world
Some good news about online privacy has just popped up
Religion and ethics
The world’s biggest gem-quality Buddha statue has made its home in central Victoria
Environment
Crafting a ceramic habitat for a handfish
Hobart artist Jane Bamford is helping a critically endangered fish to spawn
The amazing true story of a sex ed outrage
Why did a children’s book published three years ago suddenly go viral?
Books
The end of American diplomacy: Ronan Farrow’s ‘War on Peace’
The Pulitzer Prize winner explains how the State Department’s problems started long before Trump
Architecture
Two worlds at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale
The consumption of space, land and habitat is Australia’s focus at the world’s pre-eminent architecture event
Dirty work in Clayton Jacobson’s ‘Brothers’ Nest’
The filmmakers behind ‘Kenny’ take a darker turn
Music
Angélique Kidjo reinvents Talking Heads’ ‘Remain in Light’
This remake of the 1980 classic insists on the connections between musical traditions
Art
Twin exhibitions explore the very different experiences of settlement for European and Indigenous peoples
