Inside Story

Books & arts Straddling a barbed-wire fence Paul Rodan 25 August 2023 A new biography reveals Tim Fischer to have been a more complex figure than he might have seemed National affairs Fixing the Murray-Darling Basin David Lewis & John Langford 22 February 2019 Good science is vital to rescuing the Basin, but the SA royal commission pushes the argument too far Essays & reportage How to eat a wilderness 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 “No triple bypass, no miracle cure, just a long haul back” 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?