Inside Story

Essays & reportage Science and uncertainty: China’s Covid dilemma John Fitzgerald 6 December 2022 Behind the hardline policy is a quest for perfection that dates back to the Communist Party’s founding Essays & reportage Before it was time Paul Rodan 2 December 2022 A young Western Australian catches a glimpse of Gough in 1969 Essays & reportage A party for the people David Solomon & Laurie Oakes 2 December 2022 Beer and scuffles open The Making of an Australian Prime Minister, the classic account of the 1972 election Essays & reportage “God save us all!” Patrick Mullins 2 December 2022 Doomed to defeat in 1972, did prime minister William McMahon show more initiative than he’s given credit for?

Books & arts The Macarthurs from inside out Anne-Marie Condé 8 November 2022 Alan Atkinson wants to rescue John and Elizabeth Macarthur from the judgements of history Books & arts Vision splendid Patrick Mullins 4 November 2022 Frank Bongiorno’s new political history of Australia is as much about the spectators as the players Books & arts Tell me, young man, are you a c-c-communist? Gideon Haigh 1 November 2022 Hired young by Keith Murdoch, Michael Cannon made his name as a journalistic roustabout and gifted historian Essays & reportage Governing in times of crisis James Walter 24 October 2022 What does history tell us about Anthony Albanese’s prospects?

International The long war of Soviet succession Mark Edele 19 September 2022 The war in Ukraine is part of a long-simmering conflict across post-Soviet Europe and Asia Essays & reportage Was Fraser right? Margaret Simons 12 September 2022 Malcolm Fraser promised no royal commission into the loans affair. Should other governments follow his lead? Essays & reportage Liberalism eclipsed Mike Steketee 5 September 2022 Long forecast, the party’s grim prospects reflect an unpopular ideological narrowing From the archive Surely he wasn’t going in? Patrick Mullins 4 September 2022 Harold Holt’s attraction to danger gives his death an air of inevitability