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Captains unpicked
Judith Brett
3 February 2023
A biographer explores the impact of biographies of living politicians
Books & Arts
Mr Sibelius’s feeling for snow
Andrew Ford
3 February 2023
Does music
really
reflect its place of composition?
Essays & Reportage
Arthur Stace’s single mighty word
Anne-Marie Condé
1 February 2023
Why did this shy Sydneysider dot his city with a one-word poem?
Books & Arts
One-man intelligence network
Stephen Mills
1 February 2023
For a remarkable quarter-century, Tony Eggleton was the power behind the Liberal throne
Books & Arts
A dictionary for the future
Michael Dillon
1 February 2023
The
Gija Dictionary
opens a window on the sophisticated culture of the people of the East Kimberley
Books & Arts
Lies, damned lies, and data
Danielle Wood
30 January 2023
Wrong, misleading or beside the point: bad data is bad for policymaking
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National Affairs
National Affairs
The turn of the electoral cycle could be a long time coming
Tim Colebatch
27 January 2023
Labor is riding high across Australia, and the Greens are doing better than most observers acknowledge. Where does that leave the Coalition?
National Affairs
Where’s Melbourne’s best coffee, ChatGPT?
Margaret Simons
27 January 2023
The robot can tell you what everyone else thinks — and that creates an opportunity for journalists
National Affairs
Mental breakdown
Daniel Reeders
24 January 2023
The government’s cuts to Medicare rebates for psychological counselling misunderstand the nature of mental illness
National Affairs
What’s in it for everyone?
Peter Brent
23 January 2023
Plenty, in fact, so the government needs to avoid getting derailed by the Voice’s critics (and some of its friends)
National Affairs
Peter Dutton’s questions
Tim Rowse
23 January 2023
Have critics overlooked what the opposition leader
didn’t
ask?
Essays & Reportage
Essays & Reportage
Running for her life
Fiona Gruber
16 December 2022
Journalist Jill Jolliffe’s work took her around the world, but her commitment to East Timorese independence endured
Essays & Reportage
No idea what it’s talking about
Julian Vido
16 December 2022
ChatGPT produces plausible answers supremely well. And that’s both its strength and its weakness
Essays & Reportage
Timor gaps
Hamish McDonald
8 December 2022
Labor’s decision to drop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery leaves key questions unresolved
Essays & Reportage
Science and uncertainty: China’s Covid dilemma
John Fitzgerald
6 December 2022
Behind the hardline policy is a quest for perfection that dates back to the Communist Party’s founding
Essays & Reportage
Before it was time
Paul Rodan
2 December 2022
A young Western Australian catches a glimpse of Gough in 1969
Books & Arts
Books & Arts
The war for the soul of America
Rodney Tiffen
27 January 2023
The dire state of the Republican Party has decades-old roots
Books & Arts
Double-sided mirror
Martha Macintyre
25 January 2023
How anthropology flourished as colonialism began its decline
Books & Arts
Is this the end of globalisation?
John Edwards
25 January 2023
A
Financial Times
columnist says yes, but the figures tell a different story
Books & Arts
The beat of a different drum
Jane Goodall
24 January 2023
A fragment of Edgar Allan Poe’s prose has become a compelling psychological drama
Books & Arts
Speaking to the world
Rowan Callick
21 January 2023
An account of the fluctuating fortunes of Radio Australia ends on an optimistic note
International
International
What next for China?
Rana Mitter
23 December 2022
Challenges at home are contributing to a tentative shift in relations with the West
International
Water, water everywhere
Nic Maclellan
20 December 2022
Scientists and Pacific governments are worried by Japan’s plan to dump radioactive wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
International
Chinese nationalism under pressure
Yun Jiang
6 December 2022
Attitudes are changing within the young urban population
International
Anwar closes the circle
Mark Baker
25 November 2022
Heir apparent in the 1990s, Anwar Ibrahim has finally taken Malaysia’s top job
International
Game changers
Lesley Russell
16 November 2022
After last week’s midterm results, Donald Trump’s new run for president seems to come from a different era
Correspondents
Correspondents
Not enough houses?
Peter Mares
22 January 2023
Britain’s housing crisis has lessons for Australia
Correspondents
The plutocratic city
Peter Mares
16 December 2022
How London’s “haves” and “have yachts” are reshaping the city
Correspondents
European solidarity
Klaus Neumann
3 December 2022
Our Hamburg-based correspondent scrutinises a much-used term, draws attention to deadly policies and practices, and ends on an optimistic note
Correspondents
Agreement by ordeal
Michael Jacobs
22 November 2022
Nearly forty hours behind schedule, a final climate compromise was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh. But important action was going on elsewhere too
Correspondents
Keynes comes to Sharm el-Sheikh
Michael Jacobs
16 November 2022
With financing very much on the agenda, small nations are punching above their weight at COP27