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Thornton McCamish’s ‘Our Man Elsewhere: In search of Alan Moorehead’ is an antidote to forgetfulness
Prime Minister Turnbull’s announcement last week certainly set the political class abuzz. Parliament would be prorogued, paving the way for a double-dissolution election. It was a stroke of genius.
To the Australian public, harder to impress these days, the prospect of another election was less exciting. Was the...
The government’s string of excuses for inaction on same-sex marriage is getting ridiculous
What did an award-winning story on the children of Australian sex tourists achieve?
Malcolm Turnbull has caved to the conservative rump of his party on Safe Schools
The reform process in China must meet economic, financial, welfare, demographic, environmental and governance challenges
Did John Howard really have an instinctive understanding of “middle Australia”?
Paul Sheehan’s story about the alleged gang rape of “Louise” led, eventually, to him being suspended by Fairfax. But how has a writer so reckless survived for so long at a reputable media company? A special report for the Monthly and Guardian Australia
In 2014, Malcolm Turnbull said Australia’s tax system was “too tough on people earning income, i.e. the entrepreneurs, the people who are growing and driving, younger people in jobs, working hard, making money in their businesses. It is too tough on them. But it is incredibly concessional to older people who have made...
The music industry cares more about the material value of women than it does about their safety