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?
International
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?
Essays & reportage
23 June 2020
Recipients of the Victoria Cross are expected to lead exemplary lives. What happens when one of them doesn’t?
National affairs
12 June 2020
Two major inquiries have recommended a simple measure to reduce Aboriginal deaths in custody. So why have most states taken so long to act?
Books & arts
2 June 2020
Books | A compelling account of a significant cultural moment
International
1 June 2020
As a century’s experience shows, police violence won’t stop civil rights protesters from seeking justice
National affairs
14 May 2020
Are parliamentary committees up to the job?
Essays & reportage
2 May 2020
Like the epidemic itself, the policing of Spanish flu controls fell unevenly on the population
Essays & reportage
27 April 2020
How Malcolm Turnbull turned himself into an international figure
Books & arts
26 April 2020
Books | Energy, ambition, bravado and intellect — so what went wrong for Malcolm Turnbull?
From the archive
13 April 2020
If the High Court is right about the evidence on timing, what went wrong during the prosecution and hearings?
Essays & reportage
1 April 2020
Laws made during a crisis don’t always receive the scrutiny they deserve
Essays & reportage
25 March 2020
How the communists saved Josh Frydenberg
Essays & reportage
7 March 2020
Will the High Court decide next week’s appeal on a broad legal issue or the case’s complex facts?
Essays & reportage
20 December 2019
How immigration law threatens to split a family
National affairs
9 December 2019
Australian policymakers don’t share technology companies’ belief in a borderless world