Books & arts
17 October 2025
Sometimes the only things scarier than China’s problems are Beijing’s solutions, says seasoned observer Dan Wang
Books & arts
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
15 October 2025
A visit to Australia helps unlock a mystery
Books & arts
15 October 2025
Three new books reveal the labour movement’s many faces
Books & arts
10 October 2025
Elizabeth Harrower’s two-part life
National affairs
National affairs
9 October 2025
The electoral pendulum tells only part of the story
National affairs
3 October 2025
With an eye on Indonesia and then on China, Australia finally strikes a defence deal with our nearest neightbour
National affairs
2 October 2025
Far-right disinformation has had a limited impact on Australian elections. But it would be wise to plan ahead
National affairs
2 October 2025
The great tariff clash shows how the Coalition manages to survive deep differences of opinion
National affairs
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
15 September 2025
What does a ban on men’s shirts have to do with Papua New Guinea’s independence?
Essays & reportage
12 September 2025
It’s the country of many failures that hasn’t failed
Essays & reportage
19 August 2025
Donald Trump’s contemptuous treatment of much of Asia and the Pacific has created opportunities for China — and Australia
Essays & reportage
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
21 July 2025
Visiting friends in the South African town, Jim Davidson finds a community once again on a frontier
Books & arts
Books & arts
9 October 2025
Two very different books mark the anniversaries of two very different composers
Books & arts
2 October 2025
A pacey dramatisation of News International’s phone-hacking and influence-wielding leaves the story necessarily unfinished
Books & arts
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
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
25 September 2025
Statisticians are struggling to capture the twenty-first-century economy
International
International
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
17 October 2025
The US president’s erratic approach to pharmaceutical pricing won’t do much to help Americans. But what about Australians?
International
17 October 2025
Can the gaps be filled in Donald Trump’s plan for the territory?
International
9 October 2025
Keir Starmer’s Labour government is struggling to position itself in a fragmented political landscape
International
7 October 2025
Have Rupert and Lachlan tied their own hands?
Other Voices
Other Voices
17 October 2025
AI model-makers predicted a sharp dropoff in jobs. So far, the reality is completely different
Other Voices
10 October 2025
This feels like another tech-fuelled sharemarket bubble, but there’s one big difference
Other Voices
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
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
10 September 2025
Can a despised autocrat consolidate power without popular support?