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Books & arts Before the triumphs and the tragedies Norman Abjorensen 2 June 2020 Books | A new book rescues two Labor prime ministers, James Scullin and John Curtin, from caricature Books & arts Adventures in feminism Zora Simic 20 May 2020 Books | We know a lot about Germaine Greer, but not so much about another trailblazer, Merle Thornton Essays & reportage “Don’t ever expect anything from me” Mark Baker 27 April 2020 How Malcolm Turnbull turned himself into an international figure Books & arts The Prince Frank Bongiorno 26 April 2020 Books | Energy, ambition, bravado and intellect — so what went wrong for Malcolm Turnbull?

Books & arts Everything familiar yet entirely strange Cathy Perkins 12 March 2020 Books | Biographer Sylvia Martin turns her lens onto herself Essays & reportage Going down from Melbourne Stuart Macintyre 5 March 2020 Extract | Historian Ken Inglis finds his vocation, reveals a talent for journalism, and embarks for Oxford Essays & reportage “We talk kind of sideways, because that’s the respectful way” Reg Dodd and Malcolm McKinnon 17 February 2020 Extract | For many Aboriginal people, Finniss Springs has been a homeland and a refuge Essays & reportage The lost thesis Sylvia Martin 10 February 2020 The discovery of a remarkable piece of writing by Aileen Palmer adds poignancy to her later life

From the archive Irresistible attraction Richard Johnstone 24 October 2019 Despite disappearing from public view for decades, Olive Cotton was still gripped by photography’s artistic potential From the archive Penny Wong, unauthorised Jane Goodall 18 October 2019 The popular Labor senator was fortunate in her biographer Books & arts A poet, a bar, a wartime day Glyn Davis 8 October 2019 Books | Was W.H. Auden right to doubt the poem but wrong to suppress its affirming flame? National affairs Remembering Tim Fischer Nathan Hollier 24 August 2019 The former deputy prime minister’s publisher recalls an unexpected friendship