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The poets’ war
Patrick Mullins
25 July 2024
Can six soldier poets help us understand the first world war anew?
Correspondents
Oil and water
Nic Maclellan
23 July 2024
As protests continue across New Caledonia, a high-profile Loyalist politician claims indigenous Kanak and the West are divided by “insurmountable antagonisms”
Books & arts
Upwardly mobile
Martha Macintyre
22 July 2024
PNG locals responded with ingenuity as Digicel fuelled a fast-expanding mobile market
Correspondents
Kamala Harris’s chance to “earn and win”
Lesley Russell
22 July 2024
Joe Biden’s announcement sends the presidential race in an entirely new direction
International
Beware “the vibe”
Peter Brent
18 July 2024
It’s still a long time till polling day in America
Books & arts
Reframing Gauguin
Kate Fullagar
17 July 2024
Nicholas Thomas asks new questions about the women and cultures represented in the French artist’s work
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National affairs
National affairs
CFMEU’s cartel question
James Panichi & Ryan Cropp
20 July 2024
Amid this week’s welter of allegations is a thorny matter of cartel law
National affairs
History’s burdens
Tony Walker
17 July 2024
Labor’s foundational support for Israel still colours its attitude towards Palestinian statehood
National affairs
The whisper in the west
Peter Brent
13 July 2024
Glenn Druery’s days are over, but Labor will still be worried about key Western Sydney seats
National affairs
Kim Williams’s ABC
Denis Muller
27 June 2024
The ABC chair wants to see the broadcaster standing out in a fragmented media landscape
National affairs
An election-funding first, but at what cost?
Graeme Orr
25 June 2024
Could South Australia’s plan for fully publicly funded elections sever a last link between parties and people?
Essays & reportage
Essays & reportage
How far we’ve come, and how far we haven’t
Dean Ashenden
10 July 2024
Vilified for his “exhibitionist ecclesiastical activism,” an Italian priest created a fertile place of learning
Essays & reportage
Tragedy and opportunity on the Plenty River
Michael Dillon
4 July 2024
An announcement at Huckitta Station provides a link between native title and police powers
Essays & reportage
Afternoon tea with Mary Gilmore
Anne-Marie Condé
18 June 2024
In search of the women behind the
The Worker Cook Book
Essays & reportage
Professionalism meets freedom in academia
Katy Barnett
18 June 2024
When the personal shouldn’t be the political
Essays & reportage
Selling the forest, not the trees
Jo Chandler
3 May 2024
Villages are banding together in the Solomon Islands to show that carbon credits can have multiple benefits
Books & arts
Books & arts
American innocence
Jane Goodall
18 July 2024
A British writer and a British star have produced a quintessential story rooted in an American TV tradition
Books & arts
How Australia does security and foreign policy
Graeme Dobell
11 July 2024
A nation with its own continent looks at the world via geography and culture
Books & arts
An extra-ordinary collaboration
Michelle Staff
9 July 2024
Two institutions have joined forces to open up Australian history using storied objects
Books & arts
Becoming Ella
Andrew Ford
8 July 2024
Despite her clean-living reputation, the great American singer was a risk taker
Books & arts
Marinating in liberalism
Peter Mares
6 July 2024
Can this philosophical tradition offer a blueprint for a just society?
International
International
Gaslighting America
Rodney Tiffen
19 July 2024
Allegations of electoral fraud are providing cover for the Republicans’ intensifying attacks on electoral laws
International
What now for the Democrats?
Lesley Russell
28 June 2024
Joe Biden’s performance at the first debate has deepened concerns about whether he can beat Donald Trump
International
Time almost up for Trudeau?
Jonathan Malloy
26 June 2024
Justin Trudeau’s government is being thrashed in the polls, but there’s still no sign the Canadian prime minister will take his own “walk in the snow”
International
The great decoupling
Daniel Susskind
21 June 2024
Economic growth and the environment needn’t be in conflict — as the figures are already showing
International
Middle Eastern tinderbox
Tony Walker
21 June 2024
As the merciless bombings continue in Gaza, developments on the Lebanon–Israel border are adding to the risk of yet more warfare
Correspondents
Correspondents
Long night in Milwaukee
Lesley Russell
20 July 2024
Donald Trump’s rambling speech at the Republican convention creates an opportunity for the Democrats
Correspondents
How Kamala Harris can win
Bill Scher
13 July 2024
Joe Biden needs to give his deputy the strongest start by handing over the presidency immediately
Correspondents
Next-in-line time?
Lesley Russell
10 July 2024
And why vice-presidential choices matter
Correspondents
The progressive challenge
Michael Jacobs
8 July 2024
A big majority, yes, but the success of Keir Starmer’s government rests on how effectively it deals with Britain’s deep problems
Correspondents
An evasive election
David Hayes
5 July 2024
The result is clear, but all else about Britain’s change of government is cloudy