Inside Story

National affairs Parents and partners last? Peter Mares 7 July 2025 Immigration might not be the headline issue it was before the election, but problems are mounting National affairs Crimes Act’s cyber tidy-up Karen Middleton 4 July 2025 An auspiciously timed amendment to departmental responsibilities highlights a long delay in federal electronic-surveillance reforms National affairs Are pro-natalists living on the same planet? John Quiggin 30 June 2025 Nostalgia-fuelled panic about declining populations doesn’t match plausible forecasts National affairs Whose voice? Tim Rowse 30 June 2025 New shadow minister Kerrynne Liddle believes the rights of the vulnerable should take precedence over Indigenous rights

Books & arts Grave misgivings Philippa Hawker 8 July 2025 In The Shrouds, David Cronenberg meditates on grief, death, technology and the erotic allure of conspiracy Books & arts Ghosts of dictatorships past Andrew Bonnell 4 July 2025 Dictators don’t govern alone, which helps explain what happens once they’ve gone Books & arts The reformer Emily Millane 4 July 2025 As Labor signals greater boldness, a seasoned policymaker and former MP describes how it’s done Books & arts How China put the bite on Apple Michael Gill 3 July 2025 The tech giant helped turn its biggest partner into a world leader in electronics manufacturing

Other Voices We finally know what “American carnage” was about Paul Krugman 12 June 2025 Behind the sadism lies an attack on democracy Other Voices The flashing signals I saw in Israel Thomas L. Friedman 30 May 2025 A broader antiwar movement is stirring Other Voices Is China the future? Noah Smith 9 May 2025 What does it mean for China to be “the future”? And what does that future look like? Other Voices Donald Trump’s lose–lose tariffs Noah Smith 16 April 2025 History shows tariffs are bad for rich economies — and Donald Trump’s decisions so far are actually reducing manufacturing investment