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Image of an illustration of a tree, by Jeff Fisher

March, 2022

Keeping step

By Martin McKenzie-Murray

Alcoholics Anonymous in lockdown and out

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

March, 2022

The empathy deficit

By Sarah Holland-Batt

The Morrison government’s negligence in aged care is having devastating effects

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

February, 2022

Birth rites

By Martin McKenzie-Murray

Why do some insist women should forgo pain relief in childbirth?

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

September, 2021

The agony and ecstasy

By James Bradley

Clinical trials in Perth will study the use of MDMA to treat PTSD and addiction

Image of mushrooms

August, 2021

A trip to the doctor

By James Bradley

A personal experience of how psychedelics are transforming mental health therapies

Image of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl performing in 2019.

February, 2021

Celebrity misinformation

By Martin McKenzie-Murray

The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record

October, 2020

The second wave

By Martin McKenzie-Murray

Case studies of systemic failure in Victoria’s fight against coronavirus

Images of members of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights at the Chelmsford royal commission, 1990

September, 2020

Chelmsford revisited

By Lane Sainty

Thirty years on from the excoriating royal commission, two practitioners of deep sleep therapy seek redemption in a defamation case that again blames Scientologists for their downfall

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

September, 2020

Hysteria as metaphor

By Jenny Valentish

What chronic illness can teach us about the limits of the healthcare system during a global crisis

Image of the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney Harbour in March 2020

August, 2020

Troubled waters

By Mungo MacCallum

The ‘Ruby Princess’ inquiry finds plenty of blame to go around