National affairs
10 July 2025
The school system has spent fifty years not fixing one of its central flaws
Books & arts
9 July 2025
A prosecutor turned judge turned corruption czar looks back
Books & arts
8 July 2025
In The Shrouds, David Cronenberg meditates on grief, death, technology and the erotic allure of conspiracy
International
5 July 2025
A UN conference discovers the absence of the United States can be an opportunity rather than a hindrance
Books & arts
4 July 2025
Dictators don’t govern alone, which helps explain what happens once they’ve gone
National affairs
National affairs
11 July 2025
The NT coroner spells out the long series of events that led to Kumanjayi Walker’s death
National affairs
7 July 2025
Immigration might not be the headline issue it was before the election, but problems are mounting
National affairs
4 July 2025
An auspiciously timed amendment to departmental responsibilities highlights a long delay in federal electronic-surveillance reforms
National affairs
30 June 2025
Nostalgia-fuelled panic about declining populations doesn’t match plausible forecasts
National affairs
30 June 2025
New shadow minister Kerrynne Liddle believes the rights of the vulnerable should take precedence over Indigenous rights
Essays & reportage
Essays & reportage
2 July 2025
Historian John Hirst founded a career on a distinctive view of colonial Australian politics
Essays & reportage
25 June 2025
A former leader’s trajectory is also the story of the Liberal Party’s narrowing base
Essays & reportage
24 June 2025
Australian solutions to renewable energy’s teething problems are attracting international interest
Essays & reportage
17 June 2025
Commemorating the German Peasants’ War and an early charter of human rights
Essays & reportage
5 June 2025
How an Arnhem Land community distilled the 1948 American–Australian Scientific Expedition into a figure with unusual powers
Books & arts
Books & arts
4 July 2025
As Labor signals greater boldness, a seasoned policymaker and former MP describes how it’s done
Books & arts
3 July 2025
The tech giant helped turn its biggest partner into a world leader in electronics manufacturing
Books & arts
3 July 2025
Is the act of composition itself a performance?
Books & arts
1 July 2025
A sharp, grim, exhilarating novel engages with the real-life story of a filmmaker’s return to Nazi Germany
Books & arts
30 June 2025
A new book explores the culture of philately
International
International
3 July 2025
Britain has leapfrogged Australia with strong rules for proposed fossil fuel projects
International
29 June 2025
Keir Starmer is paying a heavy price for spending cuts that lacked a defensible rationale
International
4 June 2025
Like his erratic tariff decisions, Donald Trump’s attack on universities will damage America itself
International
28 May 2025
From Australia to New Caledonia, symbols of Indigenous sovereignty are proving divisive in both predictable and unpredictable ways
International
14 May 2025
The benefits of thawing relations between Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government and the West could be undone by Israeli interference
Other Voices
Other Voices
12 June 2025
Behind the sadism lies an attack on democracy
Other Voices
30 May 2025
A broader antiwar movement is stirring
Other Voices
9 May 2025
What does it mean for China to be “the future”? And what does that future look like?
Other Voices
16 April 2025
History shows tariffs are bad for rich economies — and Donald Trump’s decisions so far are actually reducing manufacturing investment
Other Voices
11 April 2025
A new study identifies which groups of readers prefer news sources that align with their own views