The Monthly Essays
On the road with Bill Shorten
An ideology of savagery
The coral bleaching signals a defining environmental shift
The Nation Reviewed
Can Malcolm Turnbull survive on optimism alone?
The electorate is not as volatile as we might imagine
There’s a new contender in Sophie Mirabella and Cathy McGowan’s battle for Indi
Australia’s changing place in Britain’s EU deliberations
Trackside at a 24-hour ultramarathon
VOX
Medicine
Arts & Letters
Scaling the IVF mountain in Julia Leigh’s ‘Avalanche’
The Kiwi charm of Taika Waititi’s ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’
Beyoncé’s powerful ‘Lemonade’
Noted
‘Unnecessary Wars’ by Henry Reynolds NewSouth Publishing; $29.99
‘The Healing Party’ by Micheline Lee Black Inc.; $29.99
Tang: Treasures from the Silk Road capital Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, until 10 July 2016