Inside Story

Podcasts Pardon our French Kate Burridge & Peter Clarke 25 July 2016 Inside Language | Peter Clarke and Kate Burridge look at those persistent expressions that reflect dead and dying attitudes Essays & reportage Secrets of nation Ann McGrath 15 July 2016 The buried secrets of Australia’s frontier share features with encounters in the United States, writes Ann McGrath National affairs The upside of the falling big-party vote Tim Colebatch 11 July 2016 It’s not only Labor whose primary vote is at historic lows, writes Tim Colebatch. And there’s no mystery about why National affairs The art of the political comeback Norman Abjorensen 5 July 2016 Robert Menzies mastered it, but this might be one of the skills Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t share with his long-serving predecessor, writes Norman Abjorensen

National affairs Big personality, small victory Paul Rodan 1 June 2016 Like Malcolm Turnbull, John Gorton needed a solid win to cement his authority, writes Paul Rodan. And the parallels don’t end there Books & arts On the brink of war Brian McFarlane 20 April 2016 Books | Helen Simonson offers a panoramic yet finely detailed view of a society heading for upheaval, writes Brian McFarlane Books & arts The edge of reality Sylvia Lawson 8 April 2016 Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Son of Saul and The Daughter Books & arts How they invented the prime minister Norman Abjorensen 8 April 2016 Books | The Australian prime ministership was created out of almost nothing during the first five decades of the twentieth century, writes Norman Abjorensen

National affairs The H.R. Nicholls Society at 30: victim of its own success Dominic Kelly 25 February 2016 After languishing for a decade, the radically deregulatory H.R. Nicholls Society is being revived. On its thirtieth anniversary, Dominic Kelly assessed its legacy for Inside Story Books & arts Hollywood on the Yarra Susan Lever 22 February 2016 Books | Crawford Productions was created in the early years of Australian TV, writes Susan Lever, and its influence is still alive in the industry Essays & reportage For the love of money Brett Evans 11 February 2016 Fifty years ago, Australia’s currency went decimal. But the long-awaited transition wasn’t without its problems, writes Brett Evans National affairs Mungo Man needs help – to come home Jim Bowler 9 February 2016 It’s time for funds and a plan to preserve and commemorate this visitor from Ancient Australia, writes Jim Bowler, the geologist who discovered Mungo Man’s remains