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Essays & reportage Margaret Simons 23 March 2015 “There was nothing before Oxford, really,” says Malcolm Fraser in this extract from his political memoirs, written with Margaret Simons
Essays & reportage Cameron Muir 5 March 2015 Since an early criminologist made the case against capital punishment over two centuries ago, history has moved mainly in the direction of abolition, writes Cameron Muir Essays & reportage Russell Marks 4 March 2015 The justice system has the capacity to take account of offenders’ often complex problems, writes Russell Marks. The result can be fewer repeat offences and a better… Essays & reportage Peter Mares 2 March 2015 The Abbott government’s tough stance on border protection doesn’t only apply to asylum seekers arriving by boat, writes Peter Mares Essays & reportage Janna Thompson 23 February 2015 As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, Janna Thompson considers the nature of the crime
Essays & reportage Carol Johnson and John Wanna 13 February 2015 A new book about the 2013 election campaign shows how the seeds of the current malaise were sown. Carol Johnson and John Wanna look at how Abbott’s gambit…
Essays & reportage Andrea Gaynor 6 February 2015 The history of the WA wheatbelt is a story of mistaken policies and local adaptation, writes Andrea Gaynor. Sustainability is the next challenge Essays & reportage El Gibbs 5 February 2015 In her winning entry for the Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay Competition, El Gibbs looks at the link between housing security and mental health Essays & reportage Christine Kenneally 29 January 2015 Geoff Meyer’s quest to establish his family origins ran up against inadequate state government archives and obstructive officials, writes Christine Kenneally Essays & reportage Daniel Nethery 27 January 2015 Anyone for astrophysics, statistics or Japanese art? Daniel Nethery samples the evolving offerings of massive open online courses
Essays & reportage David Corlett 27 January 2015 The fairness of Australia’s refugee policies looks different at the Al Zaatari camp, writes David Corlett
Essays & reportage Daniel Nethery 12 December 2014 The big clubs aren’t happy about the new alcohol rules in Sydney’s Kings Cross, but what about the other people who rely on the area for their livelihoods? Daniel … Essays & reportage Billy Griffiths 22 October 2014 Gough Whitlam’s visit to China in 1971 was a turning point in relations between the two countries. But luck also played a part in this audacious mission Essays & reportage Evan Williams 21 October 2014 How did an ill-resourced staff, working in difficult surroundings under extreme pressure, preserve harmony, discipline and a shared sense of purpose? Evan Williams… Essays & reportage Lyndall Ryan 13 October 2014 Expelled from the Communist Party for not toeing the line, Lyndall Ryan's parents were faced with a dilemma when Robert Menzies’s government tried to ban the party
Essays & reportage Cameron Muir 9 October 2014 It’s clear that thirsty cotton doesn’t fit well into the Australian environment, writes Cameron Muir. But have the lessons of recent decades really sunk in?
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 1 October 2014 The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes Klaus Neumann Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 19 September 2014 Twenty years ago today, the bustling port town of Rabaul was all but destroyed in an eruption that was remarkable in more ways than one Essays & reportage R.J.B. Bosworth 27 August 2014 Duplicitous, pure, dream-like, artificial, psychopathic, unpredictable? Beneath the overheated commentary about Venice, there’s a real city, writes R.J.B. Bosworth Essays & reportage Frank Bowden 27 August 2014 With one-in-two people dying within days of becoming ill, it’s little wonder that Ebola causes panic. But the real threat can only be assessed if we understand the history…
Essays & reportage Andrew Lynch 18 August 2014 What are we looking for in judges, and particularly in a chief justice? The controversy over the Queensland government’s appointment of Tim Carmody QC helps clarify the…
Essays & reportage Adam Nicol 15 August 2014 W.E. Johns’s failure to adapt to the postwar era left Biggles a shadow of his wartime self, writes Adam Nicol Essays & reportage Sara Dowse 14 August 2014 We not only need more women in positions of power, we also need to examine again what that power is about, argues Sara Dowse in her 2014 Emily’s List Oration Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 1 August 2014 Newly released documents reveal the intelligence community in the early 1970s through the eyes of a former senior bureaucrat, writes Alan Fewster Essays & reportage Virginia Lloyd 25 July 2014 Skype has shaped a professional and personal life across two continents, reports Virginia Lloyd
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 24 July 2014 Germany and its football team have evolved in tandem over the past six-and-a-half decades. Klaus Neumann traces the story from the 1954 “Miracle of Bern” to…
National affairs Graham Willett 15 July 2014 In its coverage of gay law reform over the past fifty years, the Australian has charted a course from pacesetter to curmudgeon, writes Graham Willett in this… Essays & reportage Eleanor Hogan 11 July 2014 Tennant Creek has developed innovative ways of dealing with the strengths and weaknesses of social media, writes Eleanor Hogan. But the initiatives are languishing,… Essays & reportage Peter Browne 6 July 2014 By the time the first edition of the Australian hit the streets, a vital part of Rupert Murdoch’s strategy had gone awry Essays & reportage Anna Johnston 27 June 2014 Blending journalism, romance and travelogue, The Great Australian Loneliness crossed a different set of borders during the second world war