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Correspondents David Hayes 17 October 2018 The Belfast novelist’s prize underlines the BBC’s cultural drift
Essays & Reportage Graeme Dobell 17 October 2018 Hard news and a free media are essential for Australian foreign policy — and that means we need a new, dedicated broadcasting organisation National Affairs Melissa Sweet 16 October 2018 Australia’s innovative preventive health agency was closed down by the Abbott government. How — and in what form — should it be revived? National Affairs Saul Eslake 15 October 2018 With the US–China trade war escalating, the risks of a downturn are starting the overshadow the positive economic news
Books & Arts Stephen Mills 12 October 2018 Books | Like Martin Luther King, philosopher Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of democracy Essays & Reportage Graeme Davison 11 October 2018 Why should we read Hugh Stretton in the twenty-first century?

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National Affairs

National Affairs John Rickard 16 October 2018 This time in 2017, Australians were voting on marriage equality. What happened next?
National Affairs Graeme Smith 10 October 2018 Two journalist–novelists compare notes on Chinese espionage National Affairs Mike Steketee 10 October 2018 The past is catching up with a climate-sceptical Australian government National Affairs Margaret Simons 9 October 2018 We now know that at least one highly qualified ABC board candidate was knocked back by the government National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 8 October 2018 Fresh from their dismal toppling of Malcolm Turnbull, Sydney’s best-known media gang is targeting new victims and choosing new friends

Essays & Reportage

Essays & Reportage Ken Inglis 26 September 2018 The influential fortnightly magazine Nation was launched in Sydney sixty years ago today. In this essay first published in 1989, one of its best-known contributors…
Essays & Reportage Robbie Robertson 24 September 2018 The Ramsay Centre is still seeking a home for its Western civilisation course, but the concept itself doesn’t stand up to scrutiny Essays & Reportage Robert Milliken 18 September 2018 An outback town finds a way to cut Indigenous crime and imprisonment where governments have failed Essays & Reportage Matthew Ricketson 30 August 2018 Where does the famed journalist fit into the American pantheon? Essays & Reportage Nicholas Gruen 28 August 2018 It’s not just the finance industry — there are scandals as far as the eye can see

Books & Arts

Books & Arts Jane Goodall 18 October 2018 Books | Journalist Gabrielle Chan captures a new mood in country Australia
Books & Arts Shaun Crowe 9 October 2018 Review essay | Democracies might be threatened, but authoritarian regimes have their own problems Books & Arts Jane Goodall 8 October 2018 Television | Awkward questions are raised by A Very English Scandal and The Assassination of Gianni Versace Books & Arts Nick Haslam 8 October 2018 What explains the curious persistence of the Myers–Briggs personality test? Books & Arts Susan Lever 5 October 2018 Do Sydney’s theatre audiences yearn for the city of old?

International

International Lesley Russell 5 October 2018 Donald Trump has launched an all-fronts attack on science and environmental protection
International Ross Burns 28 September 2018 Funds for a campaign to publicise the destruction of historical sites might be better spent where the damage was done International Louisa Lim 25 September 2018 Uighur families in Adelaide are watching the crackdown in China’s Xinjiang province with intensifying alarm International Tim Colebatch 21 September 2018 On balance, it’s been a good first term for the Indonesian president. But is he putting the gains in danger? International Antonio Castillo 12 September 2018 Fuelled by new arrivals in the Bolivian capital, Indigenous architecture is on the rise in El Alto

Correspondents

Correspondents David Hayes 8 October 2018 This party leader can’t own or disown his past, nor Labour’s
Correspondents Duncan Hewitt 25 September 2018 Updated | Despite opting for a less confrontational chief executive, Beijing has tightened its grip in Hong Kong Correspondents Nic Maclellan 24 September 2018 Nauru’s government tried to restrict journalists covering this month’s Pacific Islands Forum, but only highlighted the desperate state of refugees living on the island, and… Correspondents Mats Engström 20 September 2018 Sweden’s far-right party is big enough to cause headaches but small enough to be contained — with the right policies — by its larger rivals Correspondents Graeme Dobell 13 September 2018 Are America and Australia two allies separated by a common language?

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Podcasts Peter Clarke & Rob Manwaring 18 March 2018 Two political insurgencies — in Batman and in South Australia — failed to live up to expectations this weekend. Peter Clarke talks to political scientist Rob … Podcasts Peter Clarke 24 November 2016 Peter Clarke talks to Bio21 researcher Chris Armstrong about new research that challenges popular views of this enigmatic illness

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