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Books & Arts
Blighted affections
Marian Quartly
8 November 2023
What was lost when breach-of-promise cases could no longer be taken to court?
Books & Arts
Active and ongoing
Alecia Simmonds
6 November 2023
Is Chanel Contos’s
Consent Laid Bare
part of a trend back to radical feminism — with a twist?
National Affairs
Indigenous policy’s inflection point
Michael Dillon
16 October 2023
What does the referendum result mean for First Nations policymaking?
International
One step forward, three steps back
Lesley Russell
11 July 2023
Despite an encouraging decision on voting laws, the US Supreme Court has continued attacking Americans’ rights
Essays & Reportage
Scott’s justice
Jeremy Gans
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
Follow the money
Graeme Orr
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
Heart of darkness
Hamish McDonald
2 June 2023
The judgement against Ben Roberts-Smith throws the spotlight onto the special war crimes investigator
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
National Affairs
What the leader wants
James Walter
2 May 2023
ScoMo, Teflon Dan and the democratic deficit
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?
National Affairs
The translator
Tim Rowse
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
Albo room
Tim Rowse
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
Digital dreams
Julian Vido
17 March 2023
Can computer technology be relied on to increase equality?
National Affairs
Treaty-making gathers pace
Harry Hobbs
17 March 2023
Most state and territory governments have commenced negotiations with First Nation peoples
Essays & Reportage
Playing in the grey
Ryan Cropp
24 February 2023
A sociologist ventures into a largely hidden financial system beyond the reach of governments and regulators
Books & Arts
Appointment with death
Nick Haslam
6 February 2023
How best should we cope with our awareness of death — and a desire to control when it happens?
Essays & Reportage
Timor gaps
Hamish McDonald
8 December 2022
Labor’s decision to drop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery leaves key questions unresolved
Correspondents
European solidarity
Klaus Neumann
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
Twelve vexed Canberrans
Jeremy Gans
21 November 2022
What did we learn about juries from the abrupt conclusion to last month’s trial of a ministerial staffer?
Essays & Reportage
Was Fraser right?
Margaret Simons
12 September 2022
Malcolm Fraser promised no royal commission into the loans affair. Should other governments follow his lead?
National Affairs
The podcast’s trial
Jeremy Gans
4 September 2022
Did
The Teacher’s Pet
hinder the conviction of Chris Dawson?
Books & Arts
Pulped!
Craig Munro
13 December 2021
Why book publishing can be a risky business
Books & Arts
A miner meets its match
Andrew Dodd
12 October 2021
How Fortescue Metals Group was bested by a tenacious campaign in the Pilbara
Essays & Reportage
Why, and why not?
Andrew Chalk
17 September 2021
Andrew Chalk pays tribute to lawyer, writer and humanitarian Hal Wootten
National Affairs
The elephants in the courtroom
Jeremy Gans
10 September 2021
The justice system’s dealings with the police officer accused of killing Kumanjayi Walker are shadowed by cases past
Essays & Reportage
Friends with benefits
Alecia Simmonds
2 August 2021
When and why did friendship slide down our hierarchy of relationships?
National Affairs
The price of privacy
James Panichi
30 July 2021
A case that began in the Irish courts is shaping Australia’s efforts to update its 1980s privacy laws
Books & Arts
Who did he think he was?
Patrick Mullins
7 July 2021
Gideon Haigh’s new book throws fresh light on the remarkable H.V. Evatt
National Affairs
Shadow pandemic
Paul McGorrery and Marilyn McMahon
2 July 2021
Proposed NSW legisation focuses a new lens on domestic abuse
National Affairs
The watchdog that sometimes barked
Margaret Simons
2 July 2021
The Press Council faces renewed calls for reform
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