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At last, Labor’s campaign finance bill
Graeme Orr
19 November 2024
Big parties versus the rest? Our assessment of the government’s plans
Books & arts
Uglifying the universe
Andrew Dodd
20 November 2024
Once a “writer’s paper,” the
New York Post
pushed the wrong boundaries under Rupert Murdoch
Books & arts
Border forces
Philippa Hawker
20 November 2024
Two powerful films, a documentary and a feature, offer urgent perspectives on people, place and power
Essays & reportage
Making their political mark
Frank Bongiorno
19 November 2024
How have Australians remembered politics?
International
Not only did Harris lose, but…
Peter Brent
18 November 2024
With the results near-final, what do we now know about the shifting preferences of American voters?
Books & arts
The affair that never happened
Paul Genoni & Tanya Dalziell
11 November 2024
TV’s
So Long Marianne
ventures into an ethical minefield
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National affairs
National affairs
“What do you have to do to get the VC?”
Mark Baker
12 November 2024
Fifty-six years later, a soldier finally receives his Victoria Cross. Was it all a matter of timing?
National affairs
It’s no time to lose our heads
Paul Strangio
8 November 2024
What lessons should Labor take away from the Democratic Party’s defeat?
National affairs
Leaders and leaders
Mark Baker
4 November 2024
Ahead of this week’s presidential election, billionaire newspaper owners have created a furore by blocking their editors’ endorsements
National affairs
Jason Clare’s dead parrot
Dean Ashenden
24 October 2024
Labor’s “national approach” to schooling has failed. It’s time for a rethink
National affairs
Getting schooling wrong
Dean Ashenden
27 September 2024
The
Monthly
and the
Saturday Paper
are campaigning for fairer school funding. But are they missing the deeper story?
Essays & reportage
Essays & reportage
What is a library?
Kieran Hegarty
6 November 2024
Targeted by hackers and sued by publishers, the Internet Archive continues to push boundaries
Essays & reportage
Staying in the room
Hamish McDonald
21 October 2024
Can the “brainy and agile” Penny Wong counter the power of US-centric defence and security agencies?
Essays & reportage
White lies, archival truths and R.J.L. Hawke
Michael Piggott
17 October 2024
What the record reveals about the future prime minister and the ornamental pond
Essays & reportage
Monumental silence
Dean Ashenden
10 October 2024
As the first anniversary of the Voice vote approaches, should we be thinking differently about truth-telling?
Essays & reportage
If you want to fix America, fix Detroit
Don Watson
25 September 2024
Once a symbol of greatness, the city’s uneven decline mirrors the national malaise
Books & arts
Books & arts
Something’s really, really up
Matthew Ricketson
15 November 2024
Rick Morton’s account of the robodebt scandal is a bracing reminder of unfinished business
Books & arts
Utopia’s ghosts
Antonia Finnane
12 November 2024
A Chinese-Australian artist captures the legacies of twentieth-century communism
Books & arts
AI through the looking glass
Kurt Johnson
11 November 2024
Could artificial intelligence make us less human?
Books & arts
Targeting the Tirpitz
Mark Baker
11 November 2024
Footage of the sinking of the German battleship filmed by an Australian crew reverberated around the world
Books & arts
Trade’s political problem
Susan Stone
6 November 2024
A former trade negotiator sets out to improve trade’s profile and reputation
International
International
Testing time for America’s pollsters
Peter Brent
5 November 2024
After two presidential misfires in a row, the polls are under intense scrutiny ahead of tomorrow’s vote
International
Beijing’s brake
Saul Eslake
24 October 2024
All signs suggest that China is in the grip of a long, self-induced economic slowdown
International
Gathering storm
Tony Walker
3 October 2024
As the risk of region-wide war grows in the Middle East, the United States looks increasingly like an ineffectual bystander
International
Fractured consensus
Tony Walker
2 September 2024
As Israeli protesters take to the streets, news emerges that defence minister Yoav Gallant has clashed again with Benjamin Netanyahu
International
Lords of the wasteland
Hamish McDonald
30 August 2024
A military analyst and an economist see Myanmar’s junta heading towards a desperate fight for survival
Correspondents
Correspondents
“Better a bad deal than a good civil war”
Nic Maclellan
15 November 2024
France has delayed elections in New Caledonia to enable negotiations on a new political statute. But what happens if a deal can’t be struck?
Correspondents
A shift in the climate for COP29
Michael Jacobs
10 November 2024
As the UN conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, what difference will Donald Trump’s election make?
Correspondents
Trumped by the economy
Bill Scher
8 November 2024
Americans still haven’t perceived their country’s strong economic recovery
Correspondents
Historic gender gap? Maybe. Maybe not
Bill Scher
2 November 2024
Almost every presidential election since 1980 has had a double-digit gender gap. What do the polls suggest about next week’s?
Correspondents
Sri Lanka’s third way
Alan Keenan
30 October 2024
Faced with difficult circumstances, a new leftist president has so far struck a deft balance