Australian politics, society & culture

The Monthly Essays

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The art of biography
The author stays out of the picture, and other personal rules of writing
By David Marr
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Green fields and blue sky
Is Nick Cleary’s ambitious CLARA project the answer to Australia’s fast-rail question?
By Paddy Manning
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Duterte’s dirty war
A trip to the Philippines reveals the human cost of the war on drugs
By Margaret Simons
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A pox on both your houses
How can the major parties address the rise of populism in Australia?
By Andrew Charlton and Lachlan Harris
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The second coming
The politics of rage won’t let us listen to one another
By Christos Tsiolkas
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Rough times
Homelessness has reached crisis levels in Melbourne and Sydney
By Paul Connolly
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Feeding  the  beast
Billion-dollar burnouts keep emissions rising
By Richard Denniss
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Bonfire of  the narratives
How did American democracy come to this?
By Richard Cooke
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Geert by sea
It took two weeks and endless bureaucracy to honour a dying wish
By Claire Konkes
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James Lovatt
A game theory
Lovatts Crosswords gave its profits to employees. What went wrong?
By Richard Cooke
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Culture crisis
The arts funding cuts are just a symptom of a broader malaise in Australia
By Alison Croggon
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Does writing matter?
Richard Flanagan delivers the inaugural Boisbouvier Lecture
By Richard Flanagan
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The doctor
Bertram Wainer inspired a young Tim Flannery to take on the establishment
By Tim Flannery
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The man who never grew up
The life and legacy of Roald Dahl
By Anwen Crawford
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Thinking caps on
Where has demand driven our universities?
By Thornton McCamish
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The perfect host
There’s more to throwing a party than putting out some dips
By Robert Skinner
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Is Michelle Guthrie tuned in to the ABC?
The new managing director’s vision isn’t clear
By Margaret Simons
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Bust  in  the  Pilbara
A region returns to earth
By Hamish McDonald
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