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Essays & reportage Janna Thompson 23 February 2015 As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, Janna Thompson considers the nature of the crime
Books & arts Andrew Dodd 3 February 2015 Books | Three men and a city in turmoil. Andrew Dodd reviews two new books about Sydney’s formative years National affairs Norman Abjorensen 3 February 2015 Australia’s conservative parties have always struggled to balance their priorities with the need for broader electoral appeal, writes Norman Abjorensen.… Books & arts Rodney Tiffen 8 January 2015 Books | John Howard’s view of the Menzies years is partial in important respects, but he offers a valuable perspective on an important period Books & arts Susan Lever 8 January 2015 Television | With a third season of Masters of Sex screening this year, Susan Lever charts the highs and lows of a TV drama inspired by real events
Books & arts Carl Reinecke 1 December 2014 The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered
International John Besemeres 20 November 2014 The Russian president’s broad support at home reflects a radically different perception of events since the fall of the Berlin Wall, writes John Besemeres Books & arts Richard Johnstone 20 November 2014 Melbourne-born photographer Ashley Gilbertson has abandoned action photography for a different way of depicting warfare, writes Richard Johnstone Books & arts Jack Waterford 31 October 2014 David Horner’s history of ASIO is a reminder of how “the Case” influenced ASIO for generations, writes Jack Waterford   Books & arts Judith Brett 27 October 2014 Dick Hamer’s election as Victorian Liberal leader was a seachange in the state’s politics and culture, writes Judith Brett
Essays & reportage Billy Griffiths 22 October 2014 Gough Whitlam’s visit to China in 1971 was a turning point in relations between the two countries. But luck also played a part in this audacious mission
Essays & reportage Lyndall Ryan 13 October 2014 Expelled from the Communist Party for not toeing the line, Lyndall Ryan's parents were faced with a dilemma when Robert Menzies’s government tried to ban the party Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 1 October 2014 The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes Klaus Neumann National affairs Henry Reynolds 25 September 2014 The militarisation of Australia’s history has begun to reflect back on the present and change our political practice, argues Henry Reynolds Books & arts Frank Bongiorno 19 September 2014 Historian John Rickard recalls an Australia in which private lives occasionally teetered on the edge of scandal
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 19 September 2014 Twenty years ago today, the bustling port town of Rabaul was all but destroyed in an eruption that was remarkable in more ways than one
Books & arts Stuart Macintyre 19 September 2014 Stuart Macintyre reviews a new biography of the titan of Australian newspaper proprietors, David Syme Essays & reportage Adam Nicol 15 August 2014 W.E. Johns’s failure to adapt to the postwar era left Biggles a shadow of his wartime self, writes Adam Nicol Essays & reportage Sara Dowse 14 August 2014 We not only need more women in positions of power, we also need to examine again what that power is about, argues Sara Dowse in her 2014 Emily’s List Oration Books & arts Andreas Wirsching 5 August 2014 An Australian historian’s reappraisal of the origins of the first world war has provoked enormous interest in Germany, writes Andreas Wirsching. But the debate…
Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 1 August 2014 Newly released documents reveal the intelligence community in the early 1970s through the eyes of a former senior bureaucrat, writes Alan Fewster
Books & arts Sara Dowse 31 July 2014 Two books about the second world war show that humans are capable of lifting ourselves out of the mire David Hayes 17 July 2014 The centenary of the 1914–18 war reveals Britain to be a country of permanent involution, says David Hayes National affairs Graham Willett 15 July 2014 In its coverage of gay law reform over the past fifty years, the Australian has charted a course from pacesetter to curmudgeon, writes Graham Willett in this… Essays & reportage Peter Browne 6 July 2014 By the time the first edition of the Australian hit the streets, a vital part of Rupert Murdoch’s strategy had gone awry
Books & arts Jock Given 2 July 2014 Three police shows axed in just one year. For some observers, it seemed like much more than a coincidence, writes Jock Given
Essays & reportage Anna Johnston 27 June 2014 Blending journalism, romance and travelogue, The Great Australian Loneliness crossed a different set of borders during the second world war Essays & reportage Jack Waterford 30 May 2014 For years the Labor Party clung to the belief that the defection of Vladimir Petrov was orchestrated by the Menzies government to influence the 1954 election. But what really… David Hayes 8 April 2014 The Labour politician turned radical in mid-career and ended up a revered figure. His remarkable story can also reveal Britain to itself, says David Hayes Books & arts Janna Thompson 25 February 2014 In her latest book political philosopher Martha Nussbaum looks at what drives people apart and how we can bridge those divides, writes Janna Thompson