Inside Story

Essays & reportage Ken Inglis and the Dunera: a seventy-year history Seumas Spark 12 December 2016 Among the speakers at last month’s conference at Monash University on the work of historian Ken Inglis was Seumas Spark, who is working with Ken and the American… Essays & reportage The long, slow demise of the “marriage bar” Marian Sawer 8 December 2016 It wasn’t until 1966 that women in the Australian public service won the right to remain employed after marriage, overcoming resistance even from their own union Essays & reportage Land of milk and honey Kerry Ryan 8 December 2016 Two men, two legs, two stories… Essays & reportage The plight of the Right John Edwards 5 December 2016 Reality fails to align with theory in a new conservative analysis of what makes Australia exceptional

Essays & reportage Will social impact bonds change the world? Mike Steketee 4 October 2016 The concept has spread like wildfire but the results, here and overseas, are mixed Essays & reportage Beijing’s guoqing versus Australia’s way of life John Fitzgerald 27 September 2016 Beijing’s role in the Chinese community media in Australia is increasingly in conflict with its own demand for respect Essays & reportage Institutionalised inequality Chris Bonnor & Bernie Shepherd 21 September 2016 With education ministers meeting this week to discuss school funding, a close look at the figures reveals large differences between states and sectors Essays & reportage Menzies and the making of postwar Australia Tim Colebatch 17 September 2016 Howard on Menzies makes for compelling viewing. But its flaws echo the shortcomings of Australia’s longest-serving prime minister

Essays & reportage The war on sprawl Graeme Davison 31 August 2016 Ever since William Thackeray satirised the London suburb of Clapham in 1855, critics and supporters of the suburbs have been battling it out, writes Graeme Davison Essays & reportage After the walk-off Charlie Ward 24 August 2016 Between their historic departure from Wave Hill station in 1966 and Gough Whitlam’s return of their land in 1975, the Gurindji people lived through a decade of uncertainty.… Essays & reportage “None of us have hearts of stone”: refugees and the necessity of morality Peter Mares 22 August 2016 The Coalition and Labor both say their offshore processing policies are driven by realism, writes Peter Mares. But a practical approach must engage with moral questions as well Essays & reportage Green and pleasant memories Tom Bamforth 11 August 2016 Tom Bamforth discovers the afterlife of Melbourne’s Olympic village