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International
Dronesplaining
Jane Goodall
19 December 2024
Whatever’s going on in the American skies, the action on the ground is worth exploring
Correspondents
The Keir Starmer conundrum
David Hayes
25 November 2024
British Labour’s early missteps are sullying its promise of renewal. The prime minister, unmoved, is reaching for the stars
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
Targeting the Tirpitz
Mark Baker
11 November 2024
Footage of the sinking of the German battleship filmed by an Australian crew reverberated around the world
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
Books & arts
Musk’s mirror
Margaret Simons
20 September 2024
The erratic owner might have delivered the fatal blows, but he didn’t destroy Twitter on his own
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
Books & arts
The propagandist
Jane Goodall
10 May 2024
How a shape-shifting journalist turned the Nazis’ techniques back on them
National affairs
Think-tanked
Hamish McDonald
22 April 2024
As a China-watching think tank winds up after Morrison-era cuts, a respected analyst reviews government funding for security-related research and education
International
Not quite a marriage made in heaven
Rodney Tiffen
2 April 2024
Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump have had their ups and downs, but it’s mainly been down since 2020
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?
National affairs
How’s he travelling?
Peter Brent
22 February 2024
It depends on how you ask the question
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
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
Making media moguls
Jock Given
3 November 2023
Weren’t these guys dying out?
Books & arts
Can generational analysis be saved?
John Quiggin
30 October 2023
A sociologist offers a more sophisticated take on generational differences, but problems remain
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
The first succession… and its consequences
Tom Greenwell
15 August 2023
Two new books reveal the intriguing origins of Rupert Murdoch’s global empire
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
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
Losing ground?
Murray Goot
9 June 2023
Support for the Voice may not have dropped as much as the latest Newspoll suggests
National affairs
Dazzled on the Danube
Peter Browne
7 June 2023
What was Greg Sheridan doing in Budapest?
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
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?
Essays & reportage
Petty’s golden thread
Robert Phiddian
12 April 2023
The brilliant cartoonist illuminated Australia as it is, and as it could be
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