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Books & arts Pluralism exists; we just need to accept it Harry Hobbs 27 August 2025 The European Union’s relations with its member states could help us navigate the process of treaty-making Books & arts Living recipes Seumas Spark 14 August 2025 Collaboration is reconciliation, say the authors of The Australian Ingredients Kitchen National affairs How to misread a referendum Peter Brent 23 July 2025 More evidence emerges that Peter Dutton’s electorally toxic impulses were reinforced by misleading polling National affairs The jewel in the crown of the ANU Tom Griffiths and Mark McKenna 22 July 2025 Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are…

Books & arts Sleuths, salvagers and revivalists Jim Davidson 27 January 2025 Language flows in unexpected ways Books & arts Bark diplomacy Marian Quartly 22 November 2024 Could the Yirrkala Petitions best be understood as an attempt at communication between nations? Books & arts Opening doors in Central Australia Glenn Nicholls 1 November 2024 A Lutheran pastor introduced to remote communities a different way of thinking about schooling for Aboriginal children Books & arts Where Cook saw a camel Marian Quartly 16 September 2024 Two journeys up the east coast of Australia

Books & arts Being human Martha Macintyre 4 November 2023 An anthropologist sees a radically distinctive humanity among Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples National affairs Indigenous policy’s inflection point Michael Dillon 16 October 2023 What does the referendum result mean for First Nations policymaking? National affairs The unforgiving logic of Labor referendums Peter Brent 16 October 2023 Despite the Yes campaign’s best efforts, Saturday’s vote followed the referendum playbook Essays & reportage Two worlds Louise K. Hansen 12 October 2023 “You don’t even look Nyoongar,” they told the author as a schoolgirl. “Are you sure you’re Aboriginal?”