Books & arts
9 July 2026
Janet Flanner’s despatches from Paris helped make the New Yorker a better magazine than its founder envisaged
National affairs
8 July 2026
It sent three convictions back to the appeals court, but the special probe shied away from the implications of suppressed ASIO evidence
Books & arts
2 July 2026
The movie-making collaboration that worked supremely well — until it didn’t
Books & arts
1 July 2026
An intriguing memoir explores the slippery terrain between fact and fiction
Books & arts
1 July 2026
The lessons of the Vietnam war were quickly forgotten
National affairs
National affairs
1 July 2026
They’re a familiar feature of Australian politics — but the timing is (almost) everything
National affairs
30 June 2026
Karl Stefanovic’s political shift might be less dramatic than his reading of the new media landscape
National affairs
26 June 2026
Yes, sporting events are being disrupted in the Northern Hemisphere. But the wider health effects of heatwaves are much more serious
National affairs
20 June 2026
Pauline Hanson’s Press Club speech provided plenty of ammunition for at least some of her opponents
National affairs
19 June 2026
Peter Dutton was too Trump-like for voters. Are the rules any different for Pauline Hanson?
Essays & reportage
Essays & reportage
3 June 2026
No Australian government could stack the High Court… could it? A judge’s speech prompts a look at some worrying dates
Essays & reportage
1 June 2026
Can Israel and Palestine be discussed without seeking “the dopamine hit of certainty”?
Essays & reportage
22 May 2026
Australia has edged north, and the North is looking out
Essays & reportage
1 May 2026
A year after Labor’s May 2025 win, there’s still room for optimism
Essays & reportage
27 April 2026
How Bunnings’s facial recognition technology clashed with the privacy regulator
Books & arts
Books & arts
8 July 2026
How Claire Keegan’s two best-known novellas journeyed from the page to the screen
Books & arts
3 July 2026
On an extended visit to prewar Taiwan, a Japanese writer discovers herself
Books & arts
26 June 2026
“Our company is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values,” says Rupert Murdoch. It’s not an edifying sight
Books & arts
24 June 2026
Australia’s turn-of-the century PM has cast a long shadow over his successors
Books & arts
19 June 2026
Siri Hustvedt’s memoir captures how grieving grips the mind and the body
International
International
29 June 2026
Patches and fixes are holding together global disorder
International
19 June 2026
Andy Burnham’s stunning by-election victory virtually guarantees him the prime ministership
International
5 June 2026
Despite winning only meagre concessions in Beijing, the self-styled dealmaker yielded ground on two long-held Chinese ambitions
International
29 May 2026
The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo isn’t the only sign of a world ill-prepared for another pandemic
International
29 May 2026
Pope Leo is the only global figure to issue a carefully argued perspective on the regulation of AI
Other Voices
Other Voices
9 June 2026
The party’s election autopsy omits the biggest reason for its defeat — and fails to prepare for the future
Other Voices
8 May 2026
Any optimism about an early settlement in Iran rests on the fact that both sides have good reason to give ground
Other Voices
8 May 2026
Labor could vastly improve its News Bargaining Initiative if it stopped pretending it’s just a little nudge for the free market, says a US-based media observer
Other Voices
24 April 2026
Are Americans finally ready to acknowledge its successes?
Other Voices
14 March 2026
America and Israel might have bitten off more than they can chew