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National affairs
Less Hastie, more speed
Peter Brent
17 October 2025
The pretenders to the Liberal throne are united by one thing — a lack of electability
Books & arts
Engineering China’s future
Michael Gill
17 October 2025
Sometimes the only things scarier than China’s problems are Beijing’s solutions, says seasoned observer Dan Wang
Books & arts
Ship me somewhere east of Suez…
Robin Jeffrey
16 October 2025
An impulse to recover stories from before India’s 1947 Partition has yielded a sweeping account of the aftermath of empire
Essays & reportage
In search of my father
Jennifer Nadel
15 October 2025
A visit to Australia helps unlock a mystery
Books & arts
Larrikins, legends and legislators
Frank Bongiorno
15 October 2025
Three new books reveal the labour movement’s many faces
Books & arts
The making of the writer
Susan Sheridan
10 October 2025
Elizabeth Harrower’s two-part life
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National affairs
National affairs
Who’ll swing the next election?
Peter Brent
9 October 2025
The electoral pendulum tells only part of the story
National affairs
Fifty years later, an alliance with PNG
Graeme Dobell
3 October 2025
With an eye on Indonesia and then on China, Australia finally strikes a defence deal with our nearest neightbour
National affairs
One Nation’s warning
Peter Brent
2 October 2025
Far-right disinformation has had a limited impact on Australian elections. But it would be wise to plan ahead
National affairs
Growing bananas at the South Pole
Stephen Wilks
2 October 2025
The great tariff clash shows how the Coalition manages to survive deep differences of opinion
National affairs
Toxic emissions
Peter Brent
19 September 2025
The
Australian
’s Greg Sheridan is backing Matt Canavan’s electorally dangerous campaign against renewable energy to the hilt
Essays & reportage
Essays & reportage
Australia’s forgotten colonial history
Klaus Neumann
15 September 2025
What does a ban on men’s shirts have to do with Papua New Guinea’s independence?
Essays & reportage
PNG’s half-century report card
Hamish McDonald
12 September 2025
It’s the country of many failures that hasn’t failed
Essays & reportage
Rallying the region
Hamish McDonald
19 August 2025
Donald Trump’s contemptuous treatment of much of Asia and the Pacific has created opportunities for China — and Australia
Essays & reportage
George Johnston’s odyssey of war and peace
Paul Genoni & Tanya Dalziell
30 July 2025
Eighty years ago, with the Pacific war drawing to a close, the celebrated war correspondent set out on a perilous spiritual journey
Essays & reportage
Return to Gra Makhanda
Jim Davidson
21 July 2025
Visiting friends in the South African town,
Jim Davidson
finds a community once again on a frontier
Books & arts
Books & arts
The dandy and the eccentric
Andrew Ford
9 October 2025
Two very different books mark the anniversaries of two very different composers
Books & arts
A rollercoaster of spoilers
Jane Goodall
2 October 2025
A pacey dramatisation of News International’s phone-hacking and influence-wielding leaves the story necessarily unfinished
Books & arts
Now, down to business
Patrick Mullins
2 October 2025
“A catalyst, a provocation, and a reassurance”: Asa Briggs combined prolific history-writing with an extraordinary range of other activities
Books & arts
Whatever happened to the revolution?
Philippa Hawker
29 September 2025
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest feature, and the story of an orchestral work said to be performed somewhere in the world every fifteen minutes
Books & arts
Are we counting what really counts?
Andrew Leigh
25 September 2025
Statisticians are struggling to capture the twenty-first-century economy
International
International
“Does Trump deserve credit for the ceasefire?” is the wrong question
Bill Scher
17 October 2025
Nothing in the American president’s record suggests he has any understanding of the complex, multifaceted effort needed to preserve peace
International
A cure worse than the disease
Lesley Russell
17 October 2025
The US president’s erratic approach to pharmaceutical pricing won’t do much to help Americans. But what about Australians?
International
At best, a respite for Gazans
Peter Rodgers
17 October 2025
Can the gaps be filled in Donald Trump’s plan for the territory?
International
Disunited kingdom
Michael Jacobs
9 October 2025
Keir Starmer’s Labour government is struggling to position itself in a fragmented political landscape
International
Murdoch’s expensive victory
Rodney Tiffen
7 October 2025
Have Rupert and Lachlan tied their own hands?
Other Voices
Other Voices
Why do we still have so many radiologists?
Noah Smith
17 October 2025
AI model-makers predicted a sharp dropoff in jobs. So far, the reality is completely different
Other Voices
Why aren’t Americans partying like it’s 1999?
Paul Krugman
10 October 2025
This feels like another tech-fuelled sharemarket bubble, but there’s one big difference
Other Voices
TikTok and the future of politics
Sam Freedman
26 September 2025
The Chinese-owned video platform has become the largest source of news for Australians under twenty-five. Now Donald Trump wants it run in America by the Murdochs and other…
Other Voices
Now the Biden–Harris relationship makes sense
Bill Scher
16 September 2025
The Biden White House might not have been setting up the vice-president for failure, but it didn’t do much to help her
Other Voices
Trump is losing the public. Will that matter?
Paul Krugman
10 September 2025
Can a despised autocrat consolidate power without popular support?