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National Affairs Rural rebels Norman Abjorensen 20 February 2020 National Party infighting has a long but generally subterranean history 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 National Affairs Big-hat blues Norman Abjorensen 4 February 2020 Will a Victorian MP save the National Party from itself? National Affairs John Cain was a leader of integrity, courage and vision… and still he lost Victoria’s top job Tim Colebatch 23 December 2019 The former premier’s reputation has been unfairly distorted by his opponents

Books & Arts The year the world came to call Sara Dowse 6 November 2019 Books | Melbourne’s Olympic year sums up why the fifties weren’t as dull as you might think National Affairs Country politics, city impact Norman Abjorensen 30 October 2019 Organised rural voters first made their voices heard a century ago, with enduring implications Books & Arts The lost world of the mayaroo Nancy Cushing 21 October 2019 Books | By recovering the forgotten history of the long-haired rat, Tim Bonyhady has produced a book for our times Essays & Reportage The month Victoria held its breath James Murphy 16 October 2019 Four weeks of suspense culminated in the demise of Victoria’s most controversial modern-day government in October 1999

Books & Arts Coming home Jane Goodall 19 July 2019 Television | Etched in Bone tells its story with restraint and empathy Essays & Reportage Bretton Woods at seventy-five Selwyn Cornish 30 June 2019 Australia steered the goal of full employment into the international postwar order National Affairs Voting for the future Peter Brent 26 June 2019 Secrecy and convenience don’t always coincide in Australia’s highly accessible electoral system Books & Arts Rescued from the footnotes Sylvia Martin 25 June 2019 Books | Maurice and Doris Blackburn resisted the pull of the mainstream