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journalism
Books & arts
Uglifying the universe
Andrew Dodd
20 November 2024
Once a “writer’s paper,” the
New York Post
pushed the wrong boundaries under Rupert Murdoch
Books & arts
Something’s really, really up
Matthew Ricketson
15 November 2024
Rick Morton’s account of the robodebt scandal is a bracing reminder of unfinished business
National affairs
Leaders and leaders
Mark Baker
4 November 2024
Ahead of this week’s presidential election, billionaire newspaper owners have created a furore by blocking their editors’ endorsements
International
Empire of the son
Rodney Tiffen
30 July 2024
With Rupert Murdoch trying to lock in his preferred heir, his family’s outsized voting power is coming under greater scrutiny
National affairs
Walking backwards at Nine
Tim Burrowes
12 June 2024
The broadcasting and publishing giant is gripped by a crisis more than six years in the making
International
Hacking’s victims fight back
Rodney Tiffen
15 May 2024
Fresh revelations suggest that the scandalous behaviour at London-based Murdoch newspapers was wider and deeper than previously believed
Essays & reportage
Nuclear power, Newspoll and the nuances of polled opinion
Murray Goot
12 March 2024
Is the
Australian
’s polling and commentary doing the opposition any favours?
Books & arts
We’re not at war. We’re at work
Matthew Ricketson
14 February 2024
Former
Washington Post
editor Martin Baron reflects on Trump, Bezos and the challenges of journalism
Correspondents
Lost in the post
Peter Mares
12 February 2024
Britain’s Post Office scandal, kept alive by dogged journalism and a new drama series, still has a long way to run
Essays & reportage
How journalism should be done
Peter Martin
30 January 2024
A former colleague pays tribute to longstanding
Inside Story
contributor Tim Colebatch
From the archive
The enemy within
James Panichi
14 November 2023
How David Cameron — who returned to the British cabinet this week — fed the beast that eventually destroyed his prime ministership
Books & arts
Manhattan’s media piranha
Rodney Tiffen
10 November 2023
Biographer Michael Wolff is still carrying a torch for the disgraced former Fox News head Roger Ailes
Books & arts
This house of Grieve
Jeremy Gans
7 November 2023
A murder case looked different close-up for a journalist with worries of his own
Books & arts
The old codger project
Brett Evans
27 October 2023
Writer John McPhee reveals his secret of longevity
Books & arts
Anchor wars
Jane Goodall
2 October 2023
Like the desks they sit behind, newsreaders have grown in stature as the medium has evolved
National affairs
Asking the right questions about the ABC
Michael Gill
1 September 2023
Is the broadcaster judging itself according to the wrong criteria?
Books & arts
Grand days
Susan Lever
1 September 2023
Frank Moorhouse’s first biographer captures a life in motion
Books & arts
The first succession… and its consequences
Tom Greenwell
15 August 2023
Two new books reveal the intriguing origins of Rupert Murdoch’s global empire
Books & arts
Donald Horne, citizen intellectual
Frank Bongiorno
4 August 2023
A compelling biography captures the trajectory of the man who named the lucky country
Essays & reportage
The “end” of Labor’s honeymoon and the “collapse” of women’s support for the Voice
Murray Goot
25 July 2023
How Newspoll reports public opinion and how the
Australian
reports Newspoll
Books & arts
The self-fashioning of George Orwell
Peter Marks
13 July 2023
A new biography probes the gap between the kind of person the writer was and the kind of person he imagined himself to be
Books & arts
Unfriendly fire
Mark Baker
12 July 2023
Two new books go behind the scenes with the reporters who exposed Ben Roberts-Smith’s actions in Afghanistan
National affairs
Heart of darkness
Hamish McDonald
2 June 2023
The judgement against Ben Roberts-Smith throws the spotlight onto the special war crimes investigator
National affairs
Murder he wrote
Mark Baker
2 June 2023
Ben Roberts-Smith might be the author of his own fall, but the implications extend to the highest levels of military decision-making
Essays & reportage
Boomer time
Robert Milliken
24 May 2023
Inside Story
editor Peter Browne introduces a memoir of Australia’s fifties by contributor Robert Milliken, who died last Sunday
Essays & reportage
New media’s idiosyncratic survivor
Margaret Simons
18 May 2023
Crikey
emerges from its dispute with Lachlan Murdoch with a familiar figure at the helm
Correspondents
Bruised but not yet beaten
Andrew Dodd
21 April 2023
A hundred million here, a hundred million there: is it just the cost of doing business for News Corp?
International
Ruffled feathers or straws in the wind?
Robin Jeffrey
21 February 2023
Defending Adani and attacking the BBC and George Soros: it’s been a busy few weeks for India’s Modi government
Books & arts
Taking it or leaving it
Richard Johnstone
15 February 2023
Can photographs unlock the past? Janet Malcolm isn’t so sure
Essays & reportage
Harry, Meghan and the republic
Ann Curthoys, John Docker and Lyndall Ryan
7 February 2023
On Netflix and in print, the couple’s story has been informed by a historical perspective with implications for Australia
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