Robert Milliken (1946–2023) was a Sydney-based journalist and author, and a long-time Inside Story contributor. His books include Mother of Rock: The Lillian Roxon Story.
Essays & reportage
Boomer time
Robert Milliken
24 May 2023
Inside Story editor Peter Browne introduces a memoir of Australia’s fifties by contributor Robert Milliken, who died last Sunday
National affairs
No way out?
Robert Milliken
12 August 2021
Twenty years — and many billions of dollars — later, Australia’s failed system of offshore detention lingers on
From the archive
Finding the Moree way
Robert Milliken
11 June 2021
Aboriginal people in the town famously visited by the Freedom Ride are taking an innovative approach to their community’s problems
National affairs
The moderates’ revenge
Robert Milliken
12 February 2021
Craig Kelly is just the latest hardline conservative to cause trouble within the Liberal Party, and he’s unlikely to be the last
National affairs
A friend on the outside
Robert Milliken
12 June 2020
Two major inquiries have recommended a simple measure to reduce Aboriginal deaths in custody. So why have most states taken so long to act?
Essays & reportage
Off the beach
Robert Milliken
23 April 2020
It’s an unsettling time to watch Stanley Kramer’s classic, On the Beach
Essays & reportage
Capital of the west
Robert Milliken
6 February 2020
Migration is helping make drought-stricken Dubbo a dynamic regional city
Essays & reportage
The game changer
Robert Milliken
10 May 2019
A new statue of Aboriginal rights leader William Ferguson links politics past and present
Essays & reportage
The Liberal nonconformist from Sydney’s west
Robert Milliken
16 March 2019
Craig Laundy has announced he won’t be seeking another term in federal parliament. Inside Story caught up with him in September 2015
National affairs
Breakthrough at Bourke
Robert Milliken
11 December 2018
An outback town’s gamble on cutting Indigenous crime is paying remarkable dividends
Essays & reportage
Revival on the Darling
Robert Milliken
18 September 2018
An outback town finds a way to cut Indigenous crime and imprisonment where governments have failed
National affairs
Deciphering Tim Storer
Robert Milliken
25 June 2018
In his first full national interview since taking his seat in the Senate, the low-key independent talks about Asia, the Uluru Statement and the unemployed — and why he still…
National affairs
So far, so good for South Australia’s energy future
Robert Milliken
14 March 2018
With coal on the way out, the state’s prospects are bright, says the businessman who backs Labor’s energy plans
National affairs
Tobacco takes a soft-power hit
Robert Milliken
16 May 2017
Australia’s pioneering laws, likely to survive the latest legal actions, are having an impact around the world
National affairs
Unlocking Indigenous incarceration
Robert Milliken
31 July 2015
Governments have ignored a new report exposing appalling rates of young Indigenous people in detention, writes Robert Milliken. But a new response is attracting growing support
National affairs
The vision thing
Robert Milliken
23 May 2013
In uncertain economic times, South Australia has found a few niches but is looking for more, writes Robert Milliken
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