National affairs
2 June 2023
The judgement against Ben Roberts-Smith throws the spotlight onto the special war crimes investigator
National affairs
4 May 2023
The government’s strategic review has left the commentariat puzzled
Books & arts
3 April 2023
Australia’s impassioned worries about China are in tension with better relations in the Pacific
National affairs
14 March 2023
The AUKUS submarine announcement has immediately raised thorny questions about cost, timing and design
Books & arts
21 February 2023
The real-world backdrop of Frank Moorhouse’s celebrated trilogy was alive with idealistic characters
National affairs
19 January 2023
Of all Scott Morrison’s poorly conceived initiatives, why has Labor stuck with AUKUS and its nuclear-powered submarines?
Books & arts
20 December 2022
Why was a successful scientist and gifted artist airbrushed out of history?
Essays & reportage
8 December 2022
Labor’s decision to drop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery leaves key questions unresolved
Essays & reportage
7 September 2022
Has the Australian Strategic Policy Institute been pushed off course by the China hawks?
Books & arts
3 December 2021
As Australia “rediscovers” India yet again, are its secular forces starting to push back?
International
12 November 2021
Bad decisions on both sides are getting in the way of any moves to recognise the new regime in Kabul
Essays & reportage
29 October 2021
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is using his wealth to shake up Australian business and politics
Books & arts
12 October 2021
A rollercoaster account of life during China’s era of excess throws indirect light on Xi Jinping’s presidency
National affairs
19 September 2021
Has Australia committed itself to going to war over Taiwan? (And other awkward questions about this week’s submarine switch)
International
15 September 2021
Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future
International
27 August 2021
Yesterday’s bombings in Kabul underline the choices facing Western countries
From the archive
20 August 2021
An independent from South Australia is exerting outsized influence in Canberra
From the archive
13 August 2021
The past meets the future in the town that inspired Nevil Shute’s bestselling novel
Essays & reportage
29 July 2021
Marise Payne has much to contend with as foreign minister in the Morrison government
International
16 July 2021
Australia is still making up its mind how to respond to the coup in Myanmar
National affairs
9 July 2021
Being an effective defence minister will require much more than Peter Dutton’s impulse to hang tough
From the archive
25 June 2021
A seasoned observer of Indonesian politics has written a gripping account of Soeharto’s early years
Essays & reportage
28 May 2021
The pandemic has increased the bargaining power of seasonal workers in rural Australia. But how long will that last?
National affairs
30 April 2021
And what would that mean for Australia?
National affairs
14 April 2021
With the war crimes unit getting to work, will Afghan victims be compensated and whistleblowers protected?
From the archive
5 March 2021
More than forty years later, lawyers are using evidence of an ASIO cover-up to clear the names of the Croatian Six
National affairs
9 February 2021
A new president in the White House means a new American ambassador in Canberra
Books & arts
2 February 2021
Books | Historian Tim Harper enters the hidden world of early-twentieth-century Asian revolutionaries
National affairs
20 November 2020
Who is being helped by the continuing pressure on Bernard Collaery and Witness K?
National affairs
18 November 2020
A new defence agreement with Japan raises as many questions as it answers