May 2017

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Essays

Politics

Wicked problems

Laura Tingle

What are the real reasons behind the rise and stall of Malcolm Turnbull?

Law and order

Rape among the lamingtons

By Anne Manne

Tragic evidence of child sexual abuse in the Newcastle Anglican Church

Issues and policies

The fighter

By Alex McKinnon

Sally McManus is the new face of Australia’s union movement

The Nation Reviewed

Federal politics

New tricks

By Don Watson

Why do our political parties persist with economic rationalism?

Federal politics

Base power

By Richard Denniss

The energy crisis is all about politics rather than supply

Environment

The tallest tree

By Patrick Witton

Brett Mifsud is saving Australia’s tallest trees

Environment

Making tracks

By Josephine Rowe

The restoration of Mt Wellington’s Organ Pipes track requires painstaking work

Medicine

Sick day

By Karen Hitchcock

Sickness can be debilitating but it also offers escape

Arts & Letters

Image of Rose Nolan, Big Words – To keep going, breathing helps (circle work), 2016–17

Art

The state of our art

By Julie Ewington

What does ‘The National’ say about contemporary Australian art?

Books

Language woken up

By Maria Tumarkin

Detained asylum seekers tell their own stories in ‘They Cannot Take the Sky’

Long time coming

By Shane Danielsen

‘Get Out’ is a sharp mix of horror, satire and racial commentary

Music

Feel the divine

By Anwen Crawford

A new compilation celebrates the devotional music of jazz legend Alice Coltrane

Noted

Books

‘The Idiot’ by Elif Batuman

By Stephanie Bishop

Jonathan Cape; $32.99

Books

‘Exit West’ by Mohsin Hamid

By Helen Elliott

Hamish Hamilton; $32.99

In Light of Recent Events

Cartoon

Swimming thoughts

Oslo Davis

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