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Essays & reportage Cook eclipsed Nicholas Thomas 1 May 2020 Reappraisals and re-enactments have shaped public memory, but our understanding of James Cook’s life and impact continues to evolve Essays & reportage Sending a message to the wrong people Antje Missbach 29 April 2020 Australia’s immensely expensive campaign against people smuggling demonised just one kind of unauthorised arrival Essays & reportage What are we learning from the coronavirus? Lesley Russell 29 April 2020 A massive medical research effort is producing almost as many questions as answers Essays & reportage Virtually Captain Cook Maria Nugent 28 April 2020 Amid thwarted anniversary plans, a major National Museum of Australia exhibition goes online

Essays & reportage Why do Canada’s schools outperform Australia’s? Tom Greenwell 9 April 2020 The success of Canada’s education system can help us rethink our own Essays & reportage Fending for ourselves Kerry Ryan 6 April 2020 Scott Morrison isn’t the only one whose stocks have risen Essays & reportage Fighting the goblin of horror Christine Vickers 6 April 2020 How the Spanish flu reached the New South Wales town of Singleton Essays & reportage Let’s not waste this crisis Melissa Sweet 3 April 2020 The health system is changing in previously inconceivable ways, but let’s make sure those most in need don’t get lost along the way

Essays & reportage Public messaging when it matters most Matthew Sussex 12 March 2020 What are the lessons of overseas Covid-19 responses for Australian policymakers? Essays & reportage Our thirty-year culture wars Rodney Tiffen 12 March 2020 Culture warriors capitalised on political polarisation, and then pushed it further Essays & reportage Pell’s last stand Jeremy Gans 7 March 2020 Will the High Court decide next week’s appeal on a broad legal issue or the case’s complex facts? Essays & reportage Suburban rebel Brett Evans 6 March 2020 What made Ben Burdett join Extinction Rebellion?