Politics
The ministry of pandemics
How the spread of the virus revealed our leaders to us

Federal politics
Adam Bandt, the personable hardliner
Where will the Greens’ unusual new leader take the party?
Federal politics
What lessons will we learn from the virus?
Hope is essential, but optimism can be deadly
VOX
Keeping mum about the Easter Bunny
Keeping up appearances during periods of homelessness
Film
Consolations in isolation: ‘The Platform’ and ‘Free in Deed’
What is the future of cinema without cinemas?
Music
The ripple effect: Cable Ties’ ‘Far Enough’
A big year turned on its head for the Melbourne band
Books
‘Fathoms: The World in the Whale’ by Rebecca Giggs
The Australian writer’s lyrical consideration of our relationship with whales is a new and ambitious kind of nature writing
Books
‘Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982’ by Cho Nam-Joo (trans. Jamie Chang)
The coldly brilliant, bestselling South Korean novel describing the ambient harassment and discrimination experienced by women globally