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Essays & reportage Richard Evans 20 December 2009 It wasn’t until Tracy struck, thirty-five years ago, that Darwin’s cyclone problem really sank in, writes Richard Evans
Essays & reportage Rodney Tiffen & Ross Gittins 10 December 2009 Some good, some bad: the Howard government’s economic record compared with the performance of other Western countries Essays & reportage Tom Griffiths 4 December 2009 As the world talks about climate change, the Antarctic Treaty shows how politics and science can work together with enduring results, writes Tom Griffiths Essays & reportage Savitri Taylor 2 December 2009 Our border cooperation with regional neighbours has entered questionable territory, writes Savitri Taylor Essays & reportage Dennis Altman 26 November 2009 For World AIDS Day 2009, Dennis Altman surveys the key international issues in prevention and treatment
Essays & reportage Peter Mares 12 November 2009 Without more resettlement places, interception in Indonesia is pointless, argues Peter Mares in this overview of recent trends in refugee movement
Essays & reportage Kate Sullivan 1 November 2009 Hope and perseverance drive the enormous number of young Indians with ambitions to work in government, reports Kate Sullivan Essays & reportage Peter Spearritt 22 October 2009 If you want to find out what’s happening in Australia’s cities today, don’t go to the glossy planning documents, writes Peter Spearritt Essays & reportage Richard Evans 19 October 2009 Australia’s disastrous showing at the Montreal Olympics ushered in a grim – and very expensive – culture of “excellence,” argues Richard Evans Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 21 September 2009 The Medicare Select proposal has opened up a new front in the health debate. Melissa Sweet talks to supporters and sceptics
Essays & reportage Ellie Rennie 20 August 2009 Angela Pamela and her political prizewinners took the Alice Springs show by storm, reports Ellie Rennie
Essays & reportage Ruth Balint 30 July 2009 History on Australian television doesn’t reflect what historians really know about the past, and the fault is on both sides, writes Ruth Balint Essays & reportage Ken Inglis 14 July 2009 Rupert Murdoch’s national daily burst into print on 15 July 1964. Ken Inglis assessed the new paper later that month for Nation magazine Essays & reportage Jane McAdam & Maryanne Loughry 30 June 2009 For people on Kiribati and Tuvalu facing increasing climate pressures, the description “refugee” has too many negative connotations, write Jane McAdam and… Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 24 June 2009 Melissa Sweet returns to a life in the Australian bush
Essays & reportage Paul Strangio 11 June 2009 On the hundredth anniversary of the creation of Australia’s modern political party system, Paul Strangio visits two very different landmarks
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 3 June 2009 Government policy should confer rights rather than privileges, writes Klaus Neumann Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 2 June 2009 For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden Essays & reportage Robert Milliken 25 May 2009 Queensland is in flood, but none of the water is likely to make the long journey down the Darling and the Murray to South Australia, reports Robert Milliken in Murray Bridge Essays & reportage Charles Gent 16 May 2009 The southward movement of Goyder’s Line, which marks off arable land in South Australia, is creating unease among winemakers, writes Charles Gent
Essays & reportage Ruth Balint 29 April 2009 The Zentai extradition case reveals much about the postwar history of two very different countries
Essays & reportage Jacinta Halloran 29 April 2009 Feeling responsible for a patient’s illness makes it harder for a doctor to give bad news empathetically Essays & reportage Peter Mares 18 March 2009 Far North Queensland won’t decide Saturday’s state election, but it’s a barometer of the stresses brought on by the economic downturn, reports Peter … Essays & reportage Francesca Merlan 11 March 2009 Dependency and marginalisation are as important as race in judging the success of the Northern Territory Intervention, argues Francesca Merlan Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 19 February 2009 There’s plenty of scope for the federal government’s “revolution” in schooling but few signs of the ideas and resources it would require, writes Dean …
Essays & reportage Tom Griffiths 16 February 2009 Testimony from the 1939 and 2009 fires reveals what we haven’t learnt from history
Essays & reportage Gillian Cowlishaw 13 February 2009 Annette’s story is not just another addition to Australia’s “stolen generation” narrative, writes Gillian Cowlishaw Essays & reportage Bruce Grant 29 January 2009 The latest release of cabinet papers is a reminder of the political stresses triggered by the arrival of Indochinese boat people in the mid 1970s. Bruce Grant, author of… Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 19 January 2009 The author of Dreams from my Father has the character, intellect and instincts for the job, writes Klaus Neumann Essays & reportage Sylvia Lawson 6 January 2009 We are constantly delivered a double miracle: Aboriginal survival, and the Aboriginal will to forgive us all and share it, writes Sylvia Lawson