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Essays & reportage Tony Blackshield 19 February 2019 Parliament unworkable? There are precedents for sending MPs back to the people, but they might not embolden the governor-general
Essays & reportage Hannah McCann & Lucy Nicholas 18 February 2019 Is “gender ideology” really a danger to feminism? Essays & reportage Jo Chandler 1 February 2019 Stalking a giant in Papua New Guinea’s ranges Essays & reportage Anne McNevin 30 January 2019 Anne McNevin reviews Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains, which this week won both the Non-Fiction Prize and the Victorian Prize for Literature at the 2019… Essays & reportage David Hayes 20 January 2019 Thirty years on, the riveting story of consuming devotion — and its buried chronicle — still haunts this reader
Essays & reportage Tom Greenwell 17 January 2019 Gonski called time on Australia’s “industrial” model of “mass education.” But does the diagnosis — and the prescription — reflect classroom reality?
Essays & reportage Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz 20 December 2018 Prisoners exist in a healthcare limbo, and the effects on their wellbeing can be profound   Essays & reportage Michael Cannon 17 December 2018 A social justice pioneer’s secret life is unveiled in a new book Essays & reportage Norman Abjorensen 7 December 2018 History could help the Liberals out of their malaise Essays & reportage David Armstrong 21 November 2018 The pioneering Indigenous journalist played a key role in establishing the Tent Embassy in Canberra. His work has been recognised this month by the Australian Media Hall of Fame
Essays & reportage Laurie Oakes 21 November 2018 Despite his warning to young journalists, Alan Reid was both observer and player in Parliament House. His work has been recognised this month by the Australian Media Hall of Fame
Essays & reportage Margaret Simons 21 November 2018 The writer who remade the women’s column has been recognised by the Australian Media Hall of Fame Essays & reportage Peter Spearritt 9 November 2018 A little-known incident captures divisions among Australians during the first world war Essays & reportage Scott Bennett 9 November 2018 A visit to Ypres prompts the question: do war memorials hide more than they reveal? Essays & reportage John Tilemann 9 November 2018 How is Austria marking the centenary of the end of the empire?
Essays & reportage Tom Fitzgerald 30 October 2018 A visit to Thirroul and the man who remembers D.H. Lawrence
Essays & reportage Sylvia Martin 29 October 2018 Forty-five years ago, Sylvia Martin was among the actors who performed in the earliest productions at the Sydney Opera House Essays & reportage Graeme Dobell 17 October 2018 Hard news and a free media are essential for Australian foreign policy — and that means we need a new, dedicated broadcasting organisation Essays & reportage Graeme Davison 11 October 2018 Why should we read Hugh Stretton in the twenty-first century? Essays & reportage Ken Inglis 26 September 2018 The influential fortnightly magazine Nation was launched in Sydney sixty years ago today. In this essay first published in 1989, one of its best-known contributors…
Essays & reportage Robbie Robertson 24 September 2018 The Ramsay Centre is still seeking a home for its Western civilisation course, but the concept itself doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
Essays & reportage Robert Milliken 18 September 2018 An outback town finds a way to cut Indigenous crime and imprisonment where governments have failed Essays & reportage Matthew Ricketson 30 August 2018 Where does the famed journalist fit into the American pantheon? Essays & reportage Nicholas Gruen 28 August 2018 It’s not just the finance industry — there are scandals as far as the eye can see Essays & reportage Bridget Griffen-Foley 27 August 2018 While Fairfax’s future seems likely to be in the hands of Nine, much of its past has recently been made accessible at the State Library of New South Wales. At a symposium…
Essays & reportage Jill Stark 16 August 2018 What happens when you meet the person you’ve done battle with online?
Essays & reportage Laurie Oakes 13 August 2018 More than anyone, Warren Denning was responsible for initiating the ABC’s coverage of Canberra politics Essays & reportage Deborah Jordan 13 August 2018 Nettie Palmer was a prolific and finely honed critic of Australian life and literature Essays & reportage Dominic Kelly 9 August 2018 The false promise of digital democracy Essays & reportage Annabel Stafford 9 August 2018 A visit to the site of Wyndham’s Native Hospital prompts the question: what does it mean to live outside the protection of the state?