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Brett Evans
Brett Evans is a Sydney-based writer.
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
Books & Arts
Bad bosses
Brett Evans
4 July 2019
Books
| 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
National Affairs
Secret Coalition business
Brett Evans
27 August 2018
Will we ever know what Scott Morrison promised Michael McCormack?
Books & Arts
The great accounting
Brett Evans
13 July 2018
Books
| Are the Big Four auditing companies facing their moment of truth?
Books & Arts
Parallel lives
Brett Evans
11 April 2018
Books
| The former academic and the pugnacious ex-soldier both tell compelling stories about life before politics
National Affairs
Standing by your man
Brett Evans
16 February 2018
Barnaby Joyce isn’t the only political figure in a spot of personal bother
National Affairs
The fall and rise of One Nation?
Brett Evans
15 November 2017
Eleven MPs elected to Queensland parliament in 1998, and then the cracks began appearing. Will it happen again?
National Affairs
High-tech, low growth
Brett Evans
25 July 2017
Are the Big Four stifling competition and inhibiting growth? Pro-business commentators have joined the push to dilute their power
Books & Arts
Hundred-year lives
Brett Evans
23 March 2017
Books
| Middle age is expanding, which is mostly good news
From the archive
Once were a weird mob
Brett Evans
11 November 2016
Fifty years ago, John O’Grady’s sharply observed comic novel was transferred to the screen by one of Britain’s greatest directors
Books & Arts
Passion play at Kardinia Park
Brett Evans
26 October 2016
Books
| James Button’s tale of a football club made good has all the elements of classical drama
Books & Arts
Judge by the hands, not by the eyes
Brett Evans
24 June 2016
Books
| Maurizio Viroli wants us to take a fresh look at the political philosophy of Niccolò Machiavelli, writes
Brett Evans
Essays & Reportage
For the love of money
Brett Evans
11 February 2016
Fifty years ago, Australia’s currency went decimal. But the long-awaited transition wasn’t without its problems, writes
Brett Evans
Books & Arts
He’s not the Messiah…
Brett Evans
11 December 2015
Books
| Paddy Manning’s biography of Malcolm Turnbull reveals a man in a blazing hurry, writes
Brett Evans
Books & Arts
The biggest stage
Brett Evans
12 November 2015
Books
|
Brett Evans
follows Peter Garrett from West Pymble to Canberra, via French’s in Oxford Street
Essays & Reportage
On board the sushi train
Brett Evans
13 October 2015
Robotics meets fish farming in an innovative new technique being developed by Australian scientist Neil Sims, writes
Brett Evans
Essays & Reportage
The battle for Wentworth
Brett Evans
19 September 2015
Malcolm Turnbull’s political trajectory hasn’t always been smooth. In the first week of his attempt to take on the sitting member at the 2004 election, he seemed to be in a…
National Affairs
Love among the water hazards
Brett Evans
13 August 2015
Julia Gillard drew adulation at the Byron Bay Writers Festival, writes
Brett Evans
. It was another reminder of questions still hanging over the Labor Party
Essays & Reportage
Dog eat cat: the push to rewild Australia
Brett Evans
16 July 2015
As the Threatened Species Summit opens in Melbourne,
Brett Evans
profiles a scientist film-maker who says “rewilding” is the best way to battle the invasive…
Books & Arts
The middle man
Brett Evans
23 April 2015
Books
| Tony Windsor made an indelible mark on federal politics, writes
Brett Evans
. And he might be considering a comeback
Books & Arts
“We were hungry to tell stories, and we all sort of grew together”
Brett Evans
10 November 2014
Brett Evans
talks to award-winning Indigenous screenwriter Steven McGregor
Books & Arts
What makes them run?
Brett Evans
5 September 2014
Three new political biographies reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the genre, writes
Brett Evans
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