Books & arts
16 September 2025
A challenging account of war and migration brings a family’s story to the sweep of recent history
Books & arts
8 November 2022
Despite her prejudices and shortcomings, something pulls us back to the bestselling crime writer of all
Books & arts
16 August 2021
Could constitutional monarchies be the best of a bad lot?
International
19 December 2018
Two years into the job, Donald Trump’s future seems less certain than ever
16 June 2015
Now in its sixth year, the Kashish Queer Film Festival reflects an India that is changing regardless of lawmakers or the courts, reports Dennis Altman
Essays & reportage
13 February 2014
Labor’s combative relationship with the Greens reflects its failure to develop a genuine counter-narrative to the Coalition worldview, argues Dennis Altman
Essays & reportage
26 August 2013
In many ways the opposition has already won this election by shifting the political middle ground, writes Dennis Altman
Essays & reportage
29 July 2013
How much has changed over the past four decades, asks Dennis Altman in this extract from his new book, The End of the Homosexual?
Essays & reportage
11 December 2012
In this edited version of a recent Dunstan Foundation lecture, Dennis Altman looks at forty years of gay liberation and the work still to be done
International
29 August 2012
What would a Romney presidency mean for Australia, asks Dennis Altman
Essays & reportage
9 August 2012
Reports of Labor’s death have been grossly exaggerated, writes Dennis Altman
Books & arts
29 November 2011
Dennis Altman reviews Ron Suskind’s account of Barack Obama’s presidency
International
12 June 2010
Change the government and you change the country, Paul Keating once said. But eighteen months into his first term, how much has Barack Obama’s America really changed, asks…
Essays & reportage
26 November 2009
For World AIDS Day 2009, Dennis Altman surveys the key international issues in prevention and treatment
National affairs
10 March 2009
Is Australia sleepwalking through a conflict with mixed objectives and uncertain prospects, asks Dennis Altman
