Books & arts
7 April 2015
Television | There’s plenty to enjoy about Stephen Oliver’s survey of TV humour, writes Jane Goodall. But how uniquely Australian is the phenomenon…
Books & arts
2 March 2015
Television | Jane Goodall reviews Fortitude and the second series of Broadchurch
National affairs
15 February 2015
Much more than an attempted leadership spill went on at Parliament House during the week, writes Jane Goodall. But the script stayed the same
Books & arts
28 January 2015
Television | Science broadcaster Brian Cox navigates the line between two kinds of uncertainty, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
16 December 2014
Monday night’s coverage from Martin Place is a reminder that live-to-air television is now an integral part of our emergency-response system, writes Inside …
Books & arts
26 November 2014
What if you ditched the whole marketing bonanza, asks Jane Goodall, and had nothing but the talent?
Books & arts
30 October 2014
The thirtieth anniversary of SBS’s Dateline is a chance to consider some often-unreported truths, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
30 September 2014
It’s the decade that doesn’t seem willing to stay in the past
Books & arts
27 August 2014
Five decades after viewers first encountered the Tardis, a new Doctor goes to air. But how much has really changed?
Books & arts
29 July 2014
The centenary of the first world war has begun, writes Jane Goodall, but Australia’s public broadcasters are still feeling their way
Books & arts
6 June 2014
Jane Goodall reviews two new documentaries about wildfires
Books & arts
20 May 2014
What is the cost of feeding our national appetites? Jane Goodall watches ABC TV one Monday night
Books & arts
5 May 2014
Despite the overheated judging panel, So You Think You Can Dance deserves to live on, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
15 April 2014
Jane Goodall reviews Janet King and Dead Point
Books & arts
15 August 2013
Does misogyny in politics reflect a deeper problem in the character of political debate, asks Jane Goodall
Essays & reportage
5 July 2013
Germaine Greer’s advice to Julia Gillard to “get rid of those bloody jackets!” created a furore. But perhaps she was onto something
Books & arts
13 February 2013
Could thinking globally be a kind of cognitive intoxication, asks Jane Goodall
Essays & reportage
1 February 2013
Australia is lagging in its recognition that local views and information count, argues Jane Goodall
National affairs
19 March 2012
Up against cumbersome major parties, Bob Katter’s Australian Party has fielded a better-than-expected group of candidates, writes Jane Goodall. But the leader has…
Essays & reportage
9 January 2012
Václav Havel, who died in December, was Orwell’s true successor, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
14 April 2011
Jane Goodall discusses David Malouf’s new Quarterly Essay
National affairs
16 January 2011
Unprecedented weather events are now to be expected, but we still don’t expect them, writes our correspondent in Toowoomba
National affairs
12 August 2010
By playing to different constituencies during the campaign, the Coalition could be creating big problems for itself, writes Jane Goodall
National affairs
29 July 2010
It’s a federal election, but most of the issues in South East Queensland are local, writes Jane Goodall in Toowomba