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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, writes Ruth Balint
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
Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 18 December 2008 Two films made sixty years apart are a reminder of how hard it is to tell the story of Australia, writes Dean Ashenden
Essays & reportage Norman Abjorensen 10 December 2008 Liberal senator Marise Payne profiled Essays & reportage James Panichi 4 December 2008 Rugby star David Campese, Victorian Labor MP Carlo Carli and Argentinean millionaire Luigi Pallaro (pictured) all took a keen interest in Italy’s experiment in democracy. But it… Essays & reportage David Andrew Roberts 27 November 2008 Still in print after five decades, Russel Ward’s The Australian Legend has survived its critics, writes David Andrew Roberts Essays & reportage Peter Mares 27 November 2008 All sides of politics agree that a German-style national feed-in tariff to encourage rooftop solar power makes sense. But Christine Milne’s bill to create the tariff is…
Essays & reportage David Corlett 27 November 2008 The link between climate change and migration is more complex than it might seem, writes David Corlett in this extract from his new book
Essays & reportage Jeremy Gans 10 November 2008 Has fear of upsetting the public caused Victoria’s new human rights charter to lose its way? It’s a question with national implications, writes Jeremy Gans Essays & reportage Chris Bonnor 27 October 2008 Why are some rural government schools doing so well? Because they reflect the old idea that schools should serve all the students in their community, writes Chris Bonnor Essays & reportage Richard Johnstone 23 October 2008 Is the energy, liveliness and to-the-pointness of text-messaging already history, asks Richard Johnstone Essays & reportage Erik Eklund 20 October 2008 Never again? The Great Depression changed a generation, writes Erik Eklund, but can we be sure that all the lessons were learnt?