Books & arts
5 November 2024
The case for valuing and protecting “connective labour” in an increasingly automated and disconnected world
Correspondents
13 August 2024
Much is at stake for health and healthcare in the US election
Books & arts
12 August 2024
The influential writer and critic seen through the eyes of two friends
National affairs
12 April 2024
Despite worrying evidence, the direct health effects of car-boosted air pollution barely figured in the debate over Labor’s vehicle efficiency standard
International
12 February 2024
The Affordable Care Act really is a big deal — but is it a winner for Joe Biden?
Books & arts
20 December 2023
Why would high earners have a mistaken view of where they sit on the income ladder?
Essays & reportage
1 November 2023
The federal government’s plans are receiving cautious support in unexpected quarters
National affairs
30 October 2023
Australian health policy doesn’t treat it that way, but dental care is a medical issue
National affairs
16 October 2023
What does the referendum result mean for First Nations policymaking?
Books & arts
11 October 2023
Individualised medicine promised the world, but can it deliver?
National affairs
30 August 2023
Private health insurance is a drain on the federal budget with no clear benefits. So why is Labor only quietly tinkering?
Books & arts
18 August 2023
Historian Simon Schama spent the pandemic researching smallpox, cholera and plague
Books & arts
2 August 2023
How much of an author’s experience of an abortion do we have a right to read about?
National affairs
12 April 2023
Mark Butler’s plan to ban personal nicotine imports could be undermined by online prescription services
National affairs
22 February 2023
In a remarkable turnaround, the TGA has eased restrictions on the therapeutic use of psilocybin and MDMA. But will the benefits be fairly spread?
Books & arts
6 February 2023
How best should we cope with our awareness of death — and a desire to control when it happens?
National affairs
24 January 2023
The government’s cuts to Medicare rebates for psychological counselling misunderstand the nature of mental illness
National affairs
14 December 2022
When can we say an epidemic is over?
National affairs
6 December 2022
… is worth a pound of cure — which is why we need an Australian Centre for Disease Control charged with doing both
National affairs
31 October 2022
$8 billion lost each year in Medicare fraud, errors and over-servicing? The evidence doesn’t add up
Books & arts
21 October 2022
Is technology endangering the doctor–patient relationship?
National affairs
14 October 2022
A grown-up conversation about how we fund better services is long overdue
International
5 November 2021
Rich countries have dragged their feet on promises to help less well-off countries vaccinate. But there are small signs of progress
From the archive
8 October 2021
Buurtzorg provides more humane care for elderly people at a lower cost. So what’s stopping it from being adopted in Australia?
From the archive
17 September 2021
Are mistaken beliefs about the history of mental health treatments stopping us from creating a humane system?
National affairs
7 September 2021
Should we really learn to live with Covid?
National affairs
1 September 2021
Flexibility will be almost as important as focus for controlling Covid-19 in the months ahead
National affairs
30 July 2021
Are exaggerated fears about the cost of the disability scheme pushing it further from its founding principles?
National affairs
29 July 2021
Lockdowns have become the go-to option. But are governments making the most of our learned experience?
National affairs
9 July 2021
The federal government’s handling of vaccinations shows how much damage has been done to the public sector