National affairs
26 February 2019
With the child sexual abuse royal commission handing down its report, what have we learned so far about the dynamics of abusive institutions?
Essays & reportage
19 February 2019
Parliament unworkable? There are precedents for sending MPs back to the people, but they might not embolden the governor-general
Books & arts
6 February 2019
Cinema | Two remarkable women receive two great portrayals in Mary Queen of Scots
Essays & reportage
1 February 2019
Stalking a giant in Papua New Guinea’s ranges
Books & arts
29 January 2019
Books | How much have the Irish contributed to an Australian identity? The debate continues
International
29 January 2019
A Tokyo trip is another lesson in looking afresh
Essays & reportage
20 January 2019
Thirty years on, the riveting story of consuming devotion — and its buried chronicle — still haunts this reader
Books & arts
14 January 2019
Books | “Visionary” Sydney-born engineer Cyril Elwell played a pioneering role in what became Silicon Valley
National affairs
1 January 2019
Cabinet Papers 1996–97 | Having inherited the inquiry into the removal of Indigenous children, the Howard government was able to extend its empathy only so far
Books & arts
23 December 2018
Television | The BBC’s big-budget remake illustrates how perspectives have changed
Essays & reportage
17 December 2018
A social justice pioneer’s secret life is unveiled in a new book
Books & arts
17 December 2018
Books | The interaction of traditional beliefs and Catholicism has helped shape Timor-Leste since the 1500s
Essays & reportage
7 December 2018
History could help the Liberals out of their malaise
Books & arts
3 December 2018
Books | A new biography paints a nuanced picture of the man widely seen as Australia’s greatest prime minister
From the archive
16 November 2018
Peter Jackson’s vivid account of the Great War is also a tribute to the art of the cinema
Essays & reportage
9 November 2018
A little-known incident captures divisions among Australians during the first world war
Essays & reportage
9 November 2018
A visit to Ypres prompts the question: do war memorials hide more than they reveal?
Essays & reportage
9 November 2018
How is Austria marking the centenary of the end of the empire?
Books & arts
31 October 2018
Biography | Tiberius meets his Tacitus in this lively biography of a less-than-glorious prime minister
Essays & reportage
30 October 2018
A visit to Thirroul and the man who remembers D.H. Lawrence
Essays & reportage
29 October 2018
Forty-five years ago, Sylvia Martin was among the actors who performed in the earliest productions at the Sydney Opera House
Books & arts
26 October 2018
Exhibition | A carefully thought-out exhibition creates a compelling narrative out of everyday lives
Essays & reportage
11 October 2018
Why should we read Hugh Stretton in the twenty-first century?
Books & arts
1 October 2018
Australian suffragettes played a sometimes flamboyant role in the fight for the vote, at home and in Britain
Essays & reportage
26 September 2018
The influential fortnightly magazine Nation was launched in Sydney sixty years ago today. In this essay first published in 1989, one of its best-known contributors…
Essays & reportage
24 September 2018
The Ramsay Centre is still seeking a home for its Western civilisation course, but the concept itself doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
International
13 September 2018
Are America and Australia two allies separated by a common language?
Essays & reportage
27 August 2018
While Fairfax’s future seems likely to be in the hands of Nine, much of its past has recently been made accessible at the State Library of New South Wales. At a symposium…
Essays & reportage
9 August 2018
A visit to the site of Wyndham’s Native Hospital prompts the question: what does it mean to live outside the protection of the state?
Essays & reportage
2 August 2018
Extract | As the first world war approached, anxiety grew about the vulnerability of Australia to attack from the north. A key role was played by the man who would be the…