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The Totten hots up. Image of Aurora Australis alongside Totten glacier
The Monthly Essays
The Totten hots up
A major Antarctic glacier is becoming dangerously unstable
Jo Chandler
Sinners and ’aints. Source
The Monthly Today

Sinners and ’aints

Tony’s back, baby
Elle Hardy
Child’s play. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed

Child’s play

The Melbourne Museum’s new gallery takes small children seriously
Zoë Morrison
The Monthly Essays

Business as usual?

The confused case for corporate gender equality
Cordelia Fine
The Medicine

The war on food

Our minds and bodies have a complicated relationship with what we eat
Karen Hitchcock
The Monthly Essays

The Perth Freight Link: Stranger than fiction

The WA state election could end one of the country’s most controversial infrastructure projects
David Whish-Wilson
The Monthly Essays

Call for backup

How authorities lost control of juvenile detention
Russell Marks

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  1. The Monthly Today
    Sinners and ’aints
    Tony’s back, baby
    Elle Hardy
    Sinners and ’aints. Source
  2. The Muscovian Candidate?
    Donald Trump and Russia
    Robert Manne
    The Muscovian Candidate?. Source
  3. The Monthly Essays
    Call for backup
    How authorities lost control of juvenile detention
    Russell Marks
    Call for backup. Image of Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre
  4. The Nation Reviewed
    Sex and Secrets in Public Parks
    The Beat Goes On
    Sonya Hartnett
    Sex and Secrets in Public Parks. Illustration by Jeff Fisher
  5. The Monthly Essays
    The Perth Freight Link: Stranger than fiction
    The WA state election could end one of the country’s most controversial infrastructure projects
    David Whish-Wilson
    The Perth Freight Link: Stranger than fiction. © Renee Schipp

Politics

Pauline is no friend of the workers. Source
Pauline is no friend of the workers
One Nation’s leader claims to champion the working class, but her actions tell a different story
Nick Dyrenfurth
There’s no appeasing George. Source
There’s no appeasing George
George Christensen’s resignation as National Party whip changes little
Mungo MacCallum
Tasmania got gamed. Image of Wrest Point casino, Sandy Bay, Tasmania
Arts & Letters / Books
Tasmania got gamed
James Boyce’s ‘Losing Streak’ investigates how one family came to rule the state’s poker-machine industry
Amanda Lohrey
American berserk. Illustration
Comment
American berserk
Donald Trump’s presidency feels both unprecedented and oddly familiar
Don Watson


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Society

The unedited life. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
The unedited life
The State Library of Victoria has acquired one of Australia’s finest collections of literary papers
Thornton McCamish
Holy shark. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Holy shark
Leonie the leopard shark’s switch to asexual reproduction is a world first
Ashley Hay
The new black. Image of a restaurant
The Monthly Essays
The new black
The overworked, underpaid, cash-in-hand worker is becoming increasingly common
Ann Arnold
Sex and pharmaceuticals. Illustration
The Medicine
Sex and pharmaceuticals
It was championed by women’s groups, but Addyi is not the “female Viagra”
Karen Hitchcock


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Culture

‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ by George Saunders. Cover of Lincoln in the Bardo
Noted

‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ by George Saunders

Bloomsbury; $29.99
Kevin Rabalais
‘Moonglow’ by Michael Chabon. Cover of Moonglow
Noted

‘Moonglow’ by Michael Chabon

Fourth Estate; $39.99
Helen Elliott
Unapologetic. Image of Cat Marnell
Arts & Letters / Books

Unapologetic

Cat Marnell’s ‘How To Murder Your Life’ is an addiction memoir with a difference
Jenny Valentish
Arts & Letters / Art

Sweet celebration

‘Sugar Spin’ at GOMA aims to please and to challenge
Sebastian Smee
Arts & Letters / Film

Backstage drama

The domestic disquiet of Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’ gives way to suspense
Luke Davies
Arts & Letters / Music

Who’s the boss now?

Bruce Springsteen is the consummate live performer
Anwen Crawford
The Monthly Essays

The character business

What does the deluge of political biography and memoir say about politicians and readers?
Mark McKenna
Noted

‘The Undoing Project’ by Michael Lewis

Allen Lane; $45
Michael Lucy
Arts & Letters / Books

Climax isn’t the point

Emily Witt’s ‘Future Sex’ and Sheila Rowbotham’s ‘Rebel Crossings’ approach the concept of free love from different perspectives
Anwen Crawford


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Environment

Back from the dead. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Back from the dead
One dedicated bird watcher devoted years to the elusive night parrot
Anthony Ham
Malcolm Turnbull: A brief lament. Illustration
Comment
Malcolm Turnbull: A brief lament
The climate-science champion of 2010 has morphed into the fossil-fuel supporter of 2016
Robert Manne
Feeding  the  beast. Image of the Condamine River on fire
The Monthly Essays
Feeding  the  beast
Billion-dollar burnouts keep emissions rising
Richard Denniss
An island ark. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
An island ark
A cat-detection team is doing important work on Dirk Hartog Island
Nicole Gill


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Economics

Arrested development. Image of James Packer
The Monthly Essays
Arrested development
James Packer has been down, but he’s not out
Richard Cooke
A game theory. James Lovatt
The Monthly Essays
A game theory
Lovatts Crosswords gave its profits to employees. What went wrong?
Richard Cooke
Bust  in  the  Pilbara. Image of mining workers flying from Perth
The Monthly Essays
Bust  in  the  Pilbara
A region returns to earth
Hamish McDonald
Crunch time. Image
The Monthly Essays
Crunch time
Australia’s car industry has met policy failure head-on
Richard Denniss


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