Books & arts
20 January 2019
Books | Journalist Shane Bauer’s account of life as a warder is as authoritative as it is raw
National affairs
11 December 2018
An outback town’s gamble on cutting Indigenous crime is paying remarkable dividends
National affairs
10 December 2018
If judges don’t have a clear idea of how police should behave, where does that leave everyone else?
National affairs
30 November 2018
The AFP made a mess of investigating the murder of Colin Winchester and other crimes, so why is it the only Australian police force to have avoided an external inquiry?
National affairs
26 November 2018
It’s had more than twenty-seven million downloads at last count, but what did The Teacher’s Pet really uncover?
National affairs
15 November 2018
What does the research tell us about this increasingly common phenomenon?
Books & arts
8 October 2018
Television | Awkward questions are raised by A Very English Scandal and The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Essays & reportage
18 September 2018
An outback town finds a way to cut Indigenous crime and imprisonment where governments have failed
Books & arts
14 September 2018
Books | Germaine Greer has always been sharper as a critic than as a proponent of solutions
National affairs
8 August 2018
Australian and international research can help us distinguish between successful and unsuccessful initiatives
National affairs
29 May 2018
Are restrictive defamation laws discouraging Australian women from coming forward?
National affairs
23 May 2018
South Australia’s decision to expand ICAC’s powers raises thorny questions about the balance between fairness and openness
Essays & reportage
18 May 2018
Four months after the summer troubles, a reporter heads to Melbourne’s western fringe in search of “African gangs”
Books & arts
1 May 2018
Television | Two bold genre-busting crime series meet with mixed success
National affairs
1 May 2018
Are we all the losers in the High Court’s quest for consensus?
National affairs
29 April 2018
Burgeoning numbers of untried prisoners are fuelling an unsustainable rise in Australia’s prison population. Only a shift in resources will bring the figure down
Essays & reportage
12 April 2018
Extract | Hidden behind the scandal of Mollie Dean’s death was a story worth telling
Books & arts
9 April 2018
The memoirs of one of Australia’s best-known judges raise important questions about sentencing, politics and the media
Correspondents
15 March 2018
As US gun-control efforts continue, there are signs of a shift in opinion and resolve
Essays & reportage
12 March 2018
Efforts to water down gun control in the United States have relied on a shift in how a majority of Supreme Court justices view two thorny constitutional issues
Correspondents
6 December 2017
How the post-Weinstein furore shook British politics
Books & arts
16 November 2017
Books | A former adviser to Tony Blair tackles conventional views of crime and its causes
International
7 November 2017
The Panama Papers looked like the culmination of a new era for leakers — and then the Paradise Papers came along. But can we expect action to follow?
National affairs
7 November 2017
Television | Four Corners played an important role in exploring the Paradise Papers. But did it choose the right targets?
National affairs
2 November 2017
Chris Gayle’s courtroom win shows the risks of the global campaign to expose alleged sexual predators
Essays & reportage
21 September 2017
Some of the most serious allegations against the reforming attorney-general turned High Court judge centre on his relationships — real or imagined — with three notorious…
Books & arts
19 July 2017
Books | Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of public life. It’s a highly ambitious goal, and would it necessarily be desirable?
Books & arts
7 April 2017
Podcasts | This gripping sequel to Serial ventures into the southern badlands
Books & arts
20 December 2016
How Australian true-crime podcasters are doing better than Serial
Books & arts
16 August 2016
Books | Was Kate Leigh a bad woman, the worst in Sydney?