July 2019
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
Direct action protest and the rise of a new resistance movement
The resources industry says it’s finders keepers in the new space race
Blackbirds: Australia’s hidden slave trade history
The racism that brought Australian South Sea Islanders here, and the racism that tried to send them back
The Nation Reviewed
Scott Morrison’s quiet Australians
Just how silent does the PM want Australians to be?
Rolling back the reforms since the youth detention royal commission
The Russell Street Bomber in the High Court
The unlikely source of a critical case for the nation’s separation of powers
Helping trans and non-binary gendered people define their vocal identity
Indigenous rugby league players lead a silent revolt on the national anthem
Vox
The Djab Wurrung Birthing Tree
The highway construction causing irredeemable cultural and environmental damage
Arts & Letters
Mungo MacCallum: A true journalistic believer
Celebrating the contribution of an Australian media legend
Art life: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s ‘Never Look Away’ and Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’
By barely disguising an account of the life of Gerhard Richter, the German director fails the artist and filmgoers
All veils and misty: Richard Lowenstein’s ‘Mystify: Michael Hutchence’
The insider documentary that wipes clear the myths obscuring the INXS singer
Noted
Cai Guo-Qiang’s ‘The Transient Landscape’ and the Terracotta Warriors at the National Gallery of Victoria The incendiary Chinese artist connects contemporary concerns with cultural history
‘The Other Americans’ by Laila Lalami An accidental death in a tale of immigrant generations highlights fractures in the promise of America
In Light of Recent Events
By Oslo Davis
Why did Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un suspend the Mass Games, held at Pyongyang’s gigantic May Day Stadium?
