The Nation Reviewed
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December, 2023
Reviving the Viking mission’s experiments may yet find life as we know it on Mars, but the best outcome would be something truly alien
December, 2023
The lost opportunity of the Voice referendum revealed Australians’ poor understanding of the Constitution, and the level of racism in the community
December, 2023
What kind of year has it been?
Was 2023 – beyond the referendum calamity – a year of government timidity or a demonstration of its ability to keep the national conversation on course?
November, 2023
A visit to a master tailor in Albury was like a step back in time, and decades later the resulting suit is still good for all occasions
November, 2023
An environmental lawyer turned activist is installing street furniture in inner-suburban Sydney that discreetly turns food waste into compost
November, 2023
Early dry-season burning by Indigenous rangers in the Northern Territory is reducing the risk and severity of wildfires
November, 2023
What the outcome of the Voice referendum suggests about the future of reconciliation, and what it says about the national character
October, 2023
The writers strike in America brought often solitary artists onto the streets to come together to protect their livelihoods
October, 2023
As Qantas flounders and the Australia Council drops its instantly recognisable kangaroo logo, what is the status of the erstwhile national symbol?
October, 2023
Underestimating the economic value of arts labour reminds of the Aesop fable ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’