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Books & Arts Andrew Ford 16 October 2021 Critics Christopher Ricks and Wilfrid Mellers approach music from quite different directions
Essays & Reportage Peter Browne 14 October 2021 Why is Australia among the few Western countries that don’t tax inheritances? Correspondents Michael Jacobs 14 October 2021 The British PM will need to shake off his party’s deepest beliefs to reform the British economy International Brett Evans 14 October 2021 The political risk was missing from the price tag of the Czech PM’s luxury hideaway
Books & Arts Hamish McDonald 12 October 2021 A rollercoaster account of life during China’s era of excess throws indirect light on Xi Jinping’s presidency Books & Arts Susan Lever 11 October 2021 In what ways did the typewriter affect how — and how much — writers wrote?

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National Affairs

National Affairs Adam Triggs 12 October 2021 The Chinese government’s power to control the fallout from a property crash is a reminder of just how far it has to go — and how far it has gone backwards — in freeing its…
National Affairs Peter Brent 8 October 2021 Where do the “Voices” campaigns have their best chances of winning seats at the next federal election? National Affairs Margaret Simons 8 October 2021 Did the campaign to punish Melbourne’s daily papers for questioning Dan Andrews’s government hit its mark? National Affairs Giles Parkinson 6 October 2021 Has the NSW environment minister changed the new premier’s mind about climate? National Affairs John Quiggin 5 October 2021 A male-dominated political culture runs deep

Essays & Reportage

Essays & Reportage Diana Bagnall 8 October 2021 Buurtzorg provides more humane care for elderly people at a lower cost. So what’s stopping it from being adopted in Australia?
Essays & Reportage Klaus Neumann 1 October 2021 The predicament of refugees at the Polish–Belarusian border evokes deportations to Poland in 1938 and a novel published in 1940 Essays & Reportage Alec MacGillis 1 October 2021 The online retailer expanded massively during the Covid-19 pandemic, but where does that leave the rest of the American economy? Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 24 September 2021 John Elliott — who died this week — in many ways personified the business excesses of Australia’s 1980s Essays & Reportage Mark Baker 24 September 2021 Journalist Jan Mayman pioneered reporting of Indigenous deaths in custody

Books & Arts

Books & Arts Andrew Dodd 12 October 2021 How Fortescue Metals Group was bested by a tenacious campaign in the Pilbara
Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 8 October 2021 Lockdown has been a chance to compare on-screen treatments of the former British PM, and a documentary about his friendship with director Alexander Korda Books & Arts Sylvia Martin 7 October 2021 An unconventional biography reveals a complex cold war–era family Books & Arts Jane Goodall 4 October 2021 Do the makers of ABC TV’s Fires have enough critical distance from their subject? Books & Arts Zora Simic 4 October 2021 In a previously unpublished novel, Simone de Beauvoir traces a life-changing friendship

International

International Nic Maclellan 14 October 2021 With anti-nuclear sentiment on the rise across the islands, the Morrison government’s nuclear submarine ambitions have undercut the prime minister’s claim to be part of the…
International Kerry Brown 7 October 2021 Next month’s plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee will be anything but normal International Linda Jaivin 4 October 2021 Beijing’s crackdown on niangpao reflects anxieties dating back to Europe’s nineteenth-century incursions International Lesley Russell 3 October 2021 The US president knows very well what history says about protracted and acrimonious legislative disputes International Hamish McDonald 15 September 2021 Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future

Correspondents

Correspondents Michael Jacobs 29 September 2021 Britain’s shape-shifting PM wanted to take the lead on climate, but he didn’t anticipate how hard that would be
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 28 September 2021 Almost every party claims to have done well in Sunday’s election, but forming a new government requires an unprecedented coalition of three parties Correspondents Jonathan Malloy 24 September 2021 The Canadian PM squeaks back into office after facing his most formidable opponent so far Correspondents Klaus Neumann 14 September 2021 In the second part of our series on this month’s German election, our correspondent wonders about what has been left out of the debate Correspondents Klaus Neumann 31 August 2021 Our correspondent is not impressed by the choices on offer for September’s German election