Inside Story

Essays & reportage The year in truth Jock Given 6 December 2012 Jock Given looks back on 2012, the year the reality gap seemed to widen Essays & reportage It was time: Mick Young’s triumph Stephen Mills 29 November 2012 Not only was the 1972 election a watershed for Labor, it also created the modern political campaign Essays & reportage The disturbing logic of “Stay or Go” Tom Griffiths 22 November 2012 The experts driving Australia’s bushfire policies won’t acknowledge that different forests produce different fires Essays & reportage Decline and fall? Dean Ashenden 22 November 2012 Twenty-five years ago, John Dawkins dramatically reshaped higher education. His critics still fail to distinguish the good from the bad in his reforms, writes Dean Ashenden

Essays & reportage Six days on Nauru Michael Gordon 14 August 2012 Michael Gordon, the first journalist to gain unrestricted access to Nauru when it was part of the Howard government’s Pacific Solution, recalls his visit in early 2005 Essays & reportage Labor’s next generation Dennis Altman 9 August 2012 Reports of Labor’s death have been grossly exaggerated, writes Dennis Altman Essays & reportage Yes, women can have it all… on one condition Helen Hayward 12 July 2012 … You might need to be a university professor. Helen Hayward looks at what Anne-Marie Slaughter said in her essay for the Atlantic, and how it was received Essays & reportage William Chidley’s answer to the sex problem Frank Bongiorno 4 July 2012 Born to a free-thinking family in Melbourne around 1860, William Chidley became an energetic campaigner with some surprisingly respectable supporters, writes Frank …

Essays & reportage French gender: It’s not (all) about sex Margaret à Beckett 11 April 2012 A radical new explanation of how gender works in French Essays & reportage Medicare goes local in search of “disruptive innovation” Melissa Sweet 4 April 2012 Can local networks pull off the healthcare reforms that have eluded state and national governments, asks Melissa Sweet Essays & reportage Eleven media myths, and why they matter Sally Young 3 April 2012 Self-interest underlies much of the debate about the Australian news media, writes Sally Young, and it’s threatening the future of quality journalism Essays & reportage “Sitting on a tractor, reading a book” Bill Gammage & Ken Inglis 28 February 2012 Ken Inglis and Bill Gammage pay tribute to the distinguished historian, and occasional Inside Story contributor, Hank Nelson, who died earlier this month