Inside Story

National Affairs Why has the Darling dried up? David Lewis & John Langford 8 May 2019 “Watergate” is the tip of a much bigger scandal in the Murray–Darling’s northern basin From the archive A red-hot chance in Indi? Kerry Ryan 13 March 2019 Andrew Wilkie rates her prospects highly, but independent candidate Helen Haines faces quite a challenge if she’s to follow Cathy McGowan into parliament National Affairs Fixing the Murray-Darling Basin David Lewis & John Langford 22 February 2019 Good science is vital to rescuing the Basin, but the SA royal commission pushes the argument too far National Affairs Breakthrough at Bourke Robert Milliken 11 December 2018 An outback town’s gamble on cutting Indigenous crime is paying remarkable dividends

Books & Arts Roads to recovery Jane Goodall 11 July 2018 Television | Behind the stereotypes, ABC TV’s Back Roads reveals a quiet rural revolution National Affairs Big picture, few hilltops Margaret Simons 14 November 2017 Where is the ABC heading? Michelle Guthrie’s latest announcement doesn’t make the future much clearer Essays & Reportage Inside Australia’s first virtual school Tom Greenwell 28 September 2017 Could a new model of online learning break down the growing divide between Australian schools? National Affairs The country–city divide: more evidence of how inequality is growing Tim Colebatch 12 August 2017 Country Australia is losing out on full-time jobs, forcing its young to head for the cities

Podcasts For better or worse Peter Clarke 18 December 2015 In the wake of the Ian Macfarlane affair, Peter Clarke talks to Brian Costar about Barnaby Joyce, Malcolm Turnbull and the balancing act that keeps the Coalition afloat National Affairs A story that writes itself: working holiday visas, tax incentives and illegal labour Henry Sherrell 22 May 2015 Largely overlooked in the federal budget was a measure that will push more people into the black economy, writes Henry Sherrell Podcasts The Baird factor, the Abbott factor, and the challenge for Labor Peter Clarke 29 March 2015 The Coalition has won a convincing victory in New South Wales. Stephen Mills talks to Peter Clarke about the result and its implications Essays & Reportage How to eat a wilderness Andrea Gaynor 6 February 2015 The history of the WA wheatbelt is a story of mistaken policies and local adaptation, writes Andrea Gaynor. Sustainability is the next challenge