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Brett Evans
Brett Evans is a Sydney-based writer.
Books & arts
Hawke agonistes
Brett Evans
27 August 2024
The making of a paradoxical prime minister
Books & arts
Working-class hero
Brett Evans
24 April 2024
Gary Stevenson’s epiphany came once he’d joined the top ranks of London’s foreign-exchange traders
Books & arts
A love gone wrong
Brett Evans
20 December 2023
Diplomat, adventurer, politician, podcaster: the instructive life of Rory Stewart, One Nation Tory
Books & arts
The old codger project
Brett Evans
27 October 2023
Writer John McPhee reveals his secret of longevity
Books & arts
What goes up must come down
Brett Evans
29 August 2023
Politics wasn’t far away when Blood, Sweat & Tears brought the house down in Romania
Books & arts
Harry Frankfurt’s warning
Brett Evans
28 July 2023
The philosopher presciently identified an age awash in “bullshit”
Books & arts
The teal thing
Brett Evans
24 November 2022
Could the success of smart, well-connected candidates realign conservative politics?
Essays & reportage
The battle for Hume heats up
Brett Evans
19 November 2021
The campaign to unseat federal minister Angus Taylor has made a canny choice of candidate
National affairs
How Labor wins
Brett Evans
5 November 2021
Pundits want Anthony Albanese to talk big. But is that the way Labor takes government?
International
From the Ludlow Massacre to the Nobel Prize
Brett Evans
21 October 2021
How one of the worst days in US labour history led to this month’s prize for economist David Card
International
Chateaued dream
Brett Evans
14 October 2021
The political risk was missing from the price tag of the Czech PM’s luxury hideaway
National affairs
Time out for a rural moderate
Brett Evans
1 October 2021
What drives Darren Chester, the Nationals MP who has boycotted his own party room?
Books & arts
That fella from Down Under
Brett Evans
27 September 2021
The first full biography of Scott Morrison tracks a sometimes rocky ride to the prime ministership
International
Get serious, world
Brett Evans
13 August 2021
It might be a very bad film, but
The Day After Tomorrow
has a message for today
International
Off-the-shelf spyware
Brett Evans
22 July 2021
We haven’t heard the last of Pegasus, the authoritarian government’s friend
Books & arts
Funny things happened on the way to the Forum
Brett Evans
9 July 2021
Even the Romans used jokes to drive home their point, though they tend to lose something in the translation
National affairs
Sixth time lucky?
Brett Evans
10 June 2021
Yet again, NSW Labor pins its hopes on a change of leader
Essays & reportage
A Taylor-made rebellion
Brett Evans
28 May 2021
The high-profile federal energy minister faces a grassroots campaign in his electorate
National affairs
Malcolm’s war of independents
Brett Evans
14 May 2021
The former prime minister is playing an intriguing role in a closely watched by-election
Books & arts
Server servitude
Brett Evans
9 April 2021
Books
| Our brains weren’t designed for 126 emails a day
Summer season
The life and (possible) death of Dorothy Dix
Brett Evans
24 August 2020
Even MPs are getting worried about the quality of question time
Books & arts
“Spend all your time at your resort”
Brett Evans
16 July 2020
Books
| The Roman emperors had everything — except the loyalty that would protect them from an untimely demise
Summer season
The dictatorship of coffee
Brett Evans
23 June 2020
Books
| We’re not the only ones in the grip of this addictive beverage
National affairs
The new power of Nev Power
Brett Evans
20 May 2020
Is the PM’s recovery supremo the right person for the job?
Essays & reportage
Suburban rebel
Brett Evans
6 March 2020
What made Ben Burdett join Extinction Rebellion?
National affairs
How good is Matt Kean?
Brett Evans
22 January 2020
The NSW environment minister wasn’t speaking only on his own behalf
Books & arts
Late-onset ageing
Brett Evans
24 September 2019
Books
| Ageing can be a better experience, but we might need to face a few unpleasant facts
From the archive
Bad bosses
Brett Evans
4 July 2019
Why do we end up with so many inept leaders?
Books & arts
A spectre is haunting the workplace
Brett Evans
11 April 2019
Books
| Employers are exercising an extraordinary level of control — overt and covert — over their workers
National affairs
Dinner with Adam Smith
Brett Evans
22 February 2019
Conflict of interest allegations have turned an unsought spotlight on the Big Four consulting firms
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