National affairs
27 August 2018
Will we ever know what Scott Morrison promised Michael McCormack?
Books & arts
13 July 2018
Books | Are the Big Four auditing companies facing their moment of truth?
Books & arts
11 April 2018
Books | The former academic and the pugnacious ex-soldier both tell compelling stories about life before politics
National affairs
16 February 2018
Barnaby Joyce isn’t the only political figure in a spot of personal bother
National affairs
15 November 2017
Eleven MPs elected to Queensland parliament in 1998, and then the cracks began appearing. Will it happen again?
National affairs
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
23 March 2017
Books | Middle age is expanding, which is mostly good news
From the archive
11 November 2016
How one of Britain’s greatest directors transferred John O’Grady’s sharply observed comic novel to the screen
Books & arts
26 October 2016
Books | James Button’s tale of a football club made good has all the elements of classical drama
Books & arts
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
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
11 December 2015
Books | Paddy Manning’s biography of Malcolm Turnbull reveals a man in a blazing hurry, writes Brett Evans
Books & arts
12 November 2015
Books | Brett Evans follows Peter Garrett from West Pymble to Canberra, via French’s in Oxford Street
Essays & reportage
13 October 2015
Robotics meets fish farming in an innovative new technique being developed by Australian scientist Neil Sims, writes Brett Evans
Essays & reportage
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
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
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
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
10 November 2014
Brett Evans talks to award-winning Indigenous screenwriter Steven McGregor
Books & arts
5 September 2014
Three new political biographies reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the genre
National affairs
29 July 2014
Tradition triumphed once again at the weekend’s state Labor Party conference in Sydney, writes Brett Evans.
Essays & reportage
30 April 2014
Inside Story catches up with federal parliament’s fledgling independent MP
Books & arts
21 February 2014
Politics is hard and democracy is messy. Brett Evans reviews two new books that help explain why it doesn’t all end in disaster
Books & arts
2 December 2013
It’s not just sweatshop labour that keeps down the price of the stuff we buy, writes Brett Evans
Books & arts
5 September 2013
Kerry O’Brien’s interview with Clive James was about as good as it gets
Books & arts
18 April 2013
Rome’s greatest orator has a message for the current generation of political leaders, says Brett Evans
Books & arts
19 March 2013
Brett Evans looks at how one Nordic country wields “soft power”
Books & arts
2 October 2012
Books | The political and the personal illuminate each other in James Button’s fine account of a year in Canberra
National affairs
5 June 2012
A timeless guide for politicians with a sting in the tail
Essays & reportage
17 February 2012
Without realising it, we seem to have entered a new geological epoch. Brett Evans looks at how we got there and what it means