Inside Story

Essays & reportage Barry Cohen’s “mistake” turns forty Ray Edmondson 29 November 2024 How the battle for a National Film and Sound Archive came to a head Correspondents Who governs the climate? Michael Jacobs 21 November 2024 While COP29 meets in Baku G20 leaders have been making their own decisions in Rio Books & arts Something’s really, really up Matthew Ricketson 15 November 2024 Rick Morton’s account of the robodebt scandal is a bracing reminder of unfinished business The view from elsewhere The efficiency paradox Sam Freedman 26 September 2024 Keir Starmer’s cash-strapped government is looking for savings, but “efficiency dividends” create their own problems

National affairs Tax reform is hard, but not impossible Danielle Wood 7 November 2023 The outgoing Grattan Institute chief executive strikes an optimistic note in this year’s Freebairn Lecture Essays & reportage Climate’s quiet achiever Akshat Rathi 20 October 2023 When the history of electric vehicles is written, who will be seen as central? National affairs Who’s minding the minders? Paddy Gourley 14 September 2023 The government’s planned regulations aren’t tough enough to bring ministerial staff under control National affairs The ageing alarmists won’t let go John Quiggin 4 September 2023 Fears about the impact of increasing longevity haven’t aged well

Books & arts Lies, damned lies, and data Danielle Wood 30 January 2023 Wrong, misleading or beside the point: bad data is bad for policymaking — and examples abound National affairs What I learned at Senate estimates Barbara Pocock 18 November 2022 A first-time senator is fascinated and alarmed Essays & reportage The strange career of the great Australian silence Dean Ashenden 15 November 2022 How a journey north from Adelaide led to Telling Tennant’s Story, the 2022 Political Book of the Year Books & arts Vision splendid Patrick Mullins 4 November 2022 Frank Bongiorno’s new political history of Australia is as much about the spectators as the players