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Essays & reportage Hamish McDonald 12 September 2025 It’s the country of many failures that hasn’t failed
National affairs Peter Brent 11 September 2025 A misleading assertion about Indian voters has rippled across the political landscape Books & arts Jim Davidson 11 September 2025 Universities and the assault on cultural infrastructure Books & arts Peter Rodgers 11 September 2025 Divisions within the Palestinian organisation combined with Israeli pressure to tragic effect
Books & arts Philippa Hawker 9 September 2025 Spike Lee’s new movie, now streaming, is a drama about music, mayhem and moral dilemmas Books & arts Alecia Simmonds 5 September 2025 How did female friendship become subject to suffocatingly high standards?

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National affairs

National affairs Antonia Finnane 5 September 2025 Memorials to the violence against “comfort women” risk being hijacked by competitive victimhood
National affairs Peter Mares 5 September 2025 The government’s FOI plan runs counter to its promised opening up of non-sensitive data National affairs Peter Brent 4 September 2025 The weekend’s protests are a reminder of Australia’s distinctive record National affairs Sara Abdelmawgoud 29 August 2025 It’s just exposing cracks that were already obvious and growing National affairs Harry Hobbs & Stephen Young 29 August 2025 Behind the violence of its most extreme adherents is a web of groups active at the grassroots

Essays & reportage

Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 15 September 2025 What does a ban on men’s shirts have to do with Papua New Guinea’s independence?
Essays & reportage 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 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 Jim Davidson 21 July 2025 Visiting friends in the South African town, Jim Davidson finds a community once again on a frontier Essays & reportage Anne-Marie Condé 18 July 2025 What really happened when boffins gathered in Canberra in 1939?

Books & arts

Books & arts Ruth Balint 12 September 2025 Time — and the law — took its toll on a special taskforce created by the Hawke government
Books & arts Andrew Ford 10 September 2025 Melody, rhythm, lyrics, arrangements: it’s the sonority of familiar music that we carry with us Books & arts Nick Haslam 8 September 2025 A Nordic writer foregrounds the social and political causes of loneliness Books & arts Martha Macintyre 1 September 2025 An archaeologist makes the case for toppling statues and returning plunder Books & arts David Goodman 28 August 2025 Paul and Eslanda Robeson fused politics and music on their acclaimed Australasian tour

International

International Graeme Dobell 9 September 2025 Gore Vidal’s message for Americans: “We are Trump; he is us”
International Edward Aspinall 4 September 2025 The anti-government protests echo the anti-Suharto activism of the 1990s, but the differences are revealing International Klaus Neumann 29 August 2025 Should Angela Merkel be remembered for her humanity or for a momentous blunder? International Robin Jeffrey 7 August 2025 Canadians are eyeing their southern neighbour with a mixture of wariness and irreverence International Nic Maclellan 4 August 2025 Eighty years on, America is intensifying its military presence in the Pacific

Other Voices

Other Voices Paul Krugman 10 September 2025 Can a despised autocrat consolidate power without popular support?
Other Voices Henry Farrell 30 August 2025 Coined by the political scientist Xavier Marquez, the term is especially useful right now Other Voices Leila Seurat 29 August 2025 The gap between the Israeli government’s portrayal of the war and reality on the ground is growing Other Voices Alma Guillermoprieto 20 August 2025 With his strange machines and uncanny understanding of muscles, Joseph Pilates created an entirely new technique Other Voices Lawrence Freedman 10 August 2025 A humanitarian disaster with no end in sight is fuelling international support for Palestinian recognition