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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

Books & arts Code-breakers Carolyn Holbrook 10 December 2015 Books | Australian women have been reporting from war zones since the beginning of the twentieth century, and sometimes that’s meant stepping over the line Books & arts Listening to the zeitgeist Andrew Ford 8 December 2015 How important to music is time and place? National affairs An Abbott comeback? Norman Abjorensen 26 November 2015 History and his government’s record suggest it won’t happen, writes Norman Abjorensen Books & arts Close quarters Susan Lever 23 November 2015 Books | Napoleon’s defeat and exile reverberated as far as Australia, writes Susan Lever. Two new books piece together his years on St Helena

Books & arts The stylish portraits of May and Mina Moore Anne Maxwell 12 October 2015 Two NZ-born photographers created a remarkable body of work in Australia during the first half of the twentieth century From the archive Communist, scientist, lover, spy Klaus Neumann 3 October 2015 The personal and the political are bound up in the life of anthropologist, Stasi informer and one-time Canberra resident Fred Rose Essays & reportage Weather, sharks and the world economy: the luck of the political cycle Andrew Leigh 30 September 2015 When America sneezes, writes Andrew Leigh, Australian state governments catch a cold. And when the weather turns bad, guess who’s held responsible? Books & arts Bad moon rising Jane Goodall 31 August 2015 Television | Aquarius is a frustrating package of potentially great ideas, writes Jane Goodall