May 2015
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
Ten years of struggle and success in indigenous Australia
A life in accidents
The mysteries of the microbiome
The Nation Reviewed
The predictable patterns of Australian politics
Australia has cheerfully grown complacent, self-absorbed and selfish
Restricted welfare payments may help in many indigenous communities
Women could use a little of the shameless confidence men take for granted
To preserve Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne should learn from Sydney
In Sydney, Animal Logic is building a Lego animation empire
VOX
Medicine
Arts & Letters
David Malouf’s extraordinary musings on life and art
How the television adaptation of ‘Wolf Hall’ transcends the usual Tudor tale
Róisín Murphy ends an eight-year absence from pop with ‘Hairless Toys’
A fresh take on horror in David Robert Mitchell’s ‘It Follows’
Noted
‘Dancing in the Dark’ by Karl Ove Knausgaard Harvill Secker; $32.99
‘Buried Country’ by Clinton Walker Verse Chorus Press; $29.95
‘A Short History of Richard Kline’ by Amanda Lohrey Black Inc.; $29.99
