Education
The screens that ate school
What do we really know about the growing presence of Google, Apple, Microsoft and more in the education system?
June 2020
June 2020 eBook
Law and order
George Dickson’s minor act of rebellion, and the state’s major overreach
Federal politics
Facing a historic isolation of a different kind, what next for our migrant nation?
Religion and ethics
The royal commission’s damning verdict on what Pell knew about child sexual abuse in the Church
Travel
How Port Douglas, the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree, has been quieted by lockdown
Books
Surrounded by pygmies: Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘A Bigger Picture’
The former PM’s memoir fails to reckon with his fatal belief that all Australians shared his vision
Film
Melbourne-born, New York–based filmmaker Kitty Green’s powerfully underplayed portrait of Hollywood’s abusive culture
Music
Snap-back: Dua Lipa’s ‘Future Nostalgia’
The British singer’s serendipitous album delivers shining pop with a reigning attitude of fortitude
Books
‘The Trials of Portnoy’ by Patrick Mullins
The finely detailed story of the legal fight in Australia against the censorship of Philip Roth’s ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’
Books
‘The End of October’ by Lawrence Wright
A ‘New Yorker’ journalist’s eerily prescient novel about public-health officials fighting a runaway pandemic
