National affairs
25 September 2024
Has Big Tech’s big-spending campaign against competition law come to a university near you?
Essays & reportage
13 September 2024
What the International Court of Justice says about Israel’s treatment of the occupied territories and what it means for Australia
Books & arts
30 August 2024
An 800-page book and a four-hour film raise uncomfortable questions about an enduring Nazi past
National affairs
20 July 2024
Amid this week’s welter of allegations is a thorny matter of cartel law
Essays & reportage
4 July 2024
An announcement at Huckitta Station provides a link between native title and police powers
International
6 June 2024
Donald Trump’s conviction might not have a major impact on the election but it does point to grave flaws in the justice system
Books & arts
8 November 2023
What was lost when breach-of-promise cases could no longer be taken to court?
Books & arts
6 November 2023
Is Chanel Contos’s Consent Laid Bare part of a trend back to radical feminism — with a twist?
National affairs
16 October 2023
What does the referendum result mean for First Nations policymaking?
International
11 July 2023
Despite an encouraging decision on voting laws, the US Supreme Court has continued attacking Americans’ rights
Essays & reportage
16 June 2023
Thirty-five years and five judgements after Scott Johnson’s body was found, can we be sure justice has been served?
National affairs
15 June 2023
With the last great update of Australia’s electoral laws celebrating its fortieth birthday this year, it’s clearly time for change. But when and how?
National affairs
2 June 2023
The judgement against Ben Roberts-Smith throws the spotlight onto the special war crimes investigator
National affairs
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
National affairs
2 May 2023
ScoMo, Teflon Dan and the democratic deficit
Correspondents
21 April 2023
A hundred million here, a hundred million there: is it just the cost of doing business for News Corp?
National affairs
5 April 2023
A capacity to enable fruitful cross-cultural interaction was among the strengths of Yolngu leader Yunupingu, who died last weekend
National affairs
27 March 2023
The debate over the revised wording of the Voice amendment misses a key point: this is a referendum like no other
Books & arts
17 March 2023
Can computer technology be relied on to increase equality?
National affairs
17 March 2023
Most state and territory governments have commenced negotiations with First Nation peoples
Essays & reportage
24 February 2023
A sociologist ventures into a largely hidden financial system beyond the reach of governments and regulators
Books & arts
6 February 2023
How best should we cope with our awareness of death — and a desire to control when it happens?
Essays & reportage
8 December 2022
Labor’s decision to drop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery leaves key questions unresolved
Correspondents
3 December 2022
Our Hamburg-based correspondent scrutinises a much-used term, draws attention to deadly policies and practices, and ends on an optimistic note
Essays & reportage
21 November 2022
What did we learn about juries from the abrupt conclusion to last month’s trial of a ministerial staffer?
Essays & reportage
12 September 2022
Malcolm Fraser promised no royal commission into the loans affair. Should other governments follow his lead?
National affairs
4 September 2022
Did The Teacher’s Pet hinder the conviction of Chris Dawson?
Books & arts
13 December 2021
Why book publishing can be a risky business
Books & arts
12 October 2021
How Fortescue Metals Group was bested by a tenacious campaign in the Pilbara
Essays & reportage
17 September 2021
Andrew Chalk pays tribute to lawyer, writer and humanitarian Hal Wootten