National affairs
10 September 2021
The justice system’s dealings with the police officer accused of killing Kumanjayi Walker are shadowed by cases past
Essays & reportage
2 August 2021
When and why did friendship slide down our hierarchy of relationships?
National affairs
30 July 2021
A case that began in the Irish courts is shaping Australia’s efforts to update its 1980s privacy laws
Books & arts
7 July 2021
Gideon Haigh’s new book throws fresh light on the remarkable H.V. Evatt
National affairs
2 July 2021
Proposed NSW legisation focuses a new lens on domestic abuse
National affairs
2 July 2021
The Press Council faces renewed calls for reform
National affairs
10 June 2021
Australia’s criminal cartel law has hit its first speed hump
Essays & reportage
7 June 2021
A new podcast brilliantly tracks Australia’s “biggest insider trading case.” But does it let the authorities off too lightly?
Essays & reportage
14 May 2021
Women’s full right — and responsibility — to sit on juries came late to Australia
National affairs
8 April 2021
Has the government missed another opportunity to genuinely tackle sexual harassment?
Essays & reportage
19 March 2021
There’s only one good way to resolve decades-old allegations like the ones made against the attorney-general
National affairs
16 March 2021
Does the media’s stress on “rage” really capture what’s driving the resurgent women’s movement?
Essays & reportage
15 March 2021
Extract | Are deeply hierarchical professions especially prone to workplace harassment?
National affairs
24 February 2021
Facebook’s problems with Australian regulators are far from over
National affairs
18 February 2021
Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton’s attempt to unite “sovereign citizens” recalls earlier efforts to step outside Australian law
National affairs
12 November 2020
With the federal government appointing a special war crimes prosecutor, it’s time to confront broader questions about armed interventions
Books & arts
5 November 2020
Books | Are Australians unusually prone to bad language?
National affairs
5 November 2020
Business figures are taking advantage of ASIC’s internal troubles to undermine reforms recommended by the banking royal commission
National affairs
30 October 2020
Regardless of their many qualities, the latest High Court appointments raise thorny questions about how we choose judges
National affairs
16 October 2020
I’ve done nothing wrong, says the NSW premier. But in the grey zone of conflicts of interest, is that enough?
National affairs
30 September 2020
Why are fines so popular in a state that sees itself as progressive?
Books & arts
21 September 2020
Books | Lawyer Andrew Boe’s heartfelt memoir of a life in the law
National affairs
10 September 2020
Could the debate over states’ rights to close their borders have been resolved a century ago?
Correspondents
14 August 2020
The city’s protesters are using unconventional methods to navigate a legal minefield
Essays & reportage
4 August 2020
Myth, history and Captain Cook
Books & arts
21 July 2020
Books | Journalist Annika Smethurst underscores the personal toll of declining press freedom in Australia
National affairs
8 July 2020
Checkpoints on the NSW–Victoria border recall more acrimonious moves one hundred years ago
National affairs
1 July 2020
Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court?
Essays & reportage
26 June 2020
The alleged actions of former justice Dyson Heydon sit oddly with his judgement in a contentious High Court appeal
National affairs
25 June 2020
What happens when sport moves from the back pages to the front?