Federal politics
The needle and the damage done
The federal government’s handling of the pandemic has been the worst public policy screw-up in Australian history
November 2021
November 2021 eBook
Politics
The corporatisation of the largest charities and NGOs has had alarming effects
Federal politics
The spin and secrecy threatening the Australian environment
How the government is failing on the environment by hiding critical science
International politics
Foreign mining companies are exiting Papua, amid accusations of Indonesian corruption
COVID-19
The pandemic has led to a surge in people needing help putting food on the table
Indigenous Australia
Rock-climbers at Arapiles/Dyurrite say the parks department has misled traditional owners over climb closures
Law and order
Why the Bondi Memorial honouring victims of Sydney’s LGBTIQ hate-crime epidemic matters for victims and their families
Books
Speaking in tongues: ‘The Books of Jacob’
Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk’s latest novel in translation turns on the nature of language itself
Books
A tightening knot: ‘On Freedom’
Maggie Nelson’s essay collection argues against the false binary of freedom and obligation
Film
Ranch dressing: ‘The Power of the Dog’
Jane Campion’s new film takes to a 1920s Montana ranch for its story of repressed sexuality
Television
SBS’s Australian goldfields series looks beyond colonial orthodoxies to tell the neglected stories
Books
‘The Magician’ by Colm TóibÃn
The Irish novelist’s latest ponders creativity and the unacknowledged life of Thomas Mann
