The 20 most-read Monthly articles of 2016

Richard Cooke's ‘The Boomer Supremacy’ was the most-read essay of the year (for good reason), and Monthly readers also embraced the work of Helen Garner, Richard Flanagan, Jess Hill, Sean Kelly, Penny Wong, Robert Manne and Galarrwuy Yunupingu, among others.

Here are the 20 most-read Monthly articles of 2016:

• The Boomer Supremacy
  The dominance of baby boomers is becoming total
  By Richard Cooke
• It’s time
  The case for marriage equality
  By Penny Wong
• Rom Watangu
  An indigenous leader reflects on a lifetime following the law of the land
  By Galarrwuy Yunupingu
• A despicable press conference
  Peter Dutton hit a low today
  By Sean Kelly
• The emptiness of Tony Abbott
  The ex-PM’s latest failed apology shows he still has no idea where he went wrong
  By Eleanor Robertson
• An impoverished estate
  The Australian media prioritised personality over policy during this election campaign
  By Russell Marks
• Letting Catholic priests into Australia was a mistake
  Centuries of failed migration policy must not be repeated
  By Richard Cooke
• A very, very bad word
  Sometimes you need to swear on the radio
  By Red Symons
• Does writing matter?
  Richard Flanagan delivers the inaugural Boisbouvier Lecture
  By Richard Flanagan
• The cult of the arsehole
  Australia should have a long, hard think about the kind of people we prioritise
  By Richard Cooke
• The mind of the Islamic State
  An ideology of savagery
  By Robert Manne
• Suffer the children
  Trouble in the Family Court
  By Jess Hill
• Scott Ludlam goes viral
  The Greens senator with mass appeal
  By Sam Vincent
• A tissue of lies: Paul Sheehan and “Louise”
  The most perfunctory of checks would have shown Paul Sheehan’s allegations were almost certainly untrue. But he couldn’t help himself.
  By Richard Cooke
• A rich history of failure: Australian history according to undergraduates
  By Professor Neve R Stenning-Stihl
• The insults of age
  A one-woman assault on condescension
  By Helen Garner
• Supermarket monsters
  Coles, Woolworths and the price we pay for their domination
  By Malcolm Knox
• Out of his depth
  Peter Dutton does not understand his position and is incapable of doing his job
  By Sean Kelly
• Home truths
  The costs and causes of domestic violence
  By Jess Hill
• It’s time to change our traditions
  Let’s celebrate Australia – but not on 26 January
  By Sean Kelly