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Now the focus shifts to Labor
The Opposition faces a difficult choice on immigration
Sean Kelly
Howard’s chickens come home to roost. Source

Howard’s chickens come home to roost

The government's move on 457 visas is proof that John Howard’s short-termism is here to stay
Nick Dyrenfurth

Ich bin ein Brisbaner

‘Berlin Syndrome’ and the naivety of the tourist–artist
Luke Goodsell

Archives are us

The collected wisdom of Patrick Pound and Brook Andrew at NGV
Quentin Sprague
The Medicine

Working regional

A stint in a remote Western Australian hospital brings its own challenges
Karen Hitchcock
The Nation Reviewed

Mice alert

Farmers on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula are preparing for a plague
Michael Dulaney
The Monthly Today

A race to the bottom on race

Turnbull’s 457 visa announcement was not about jobs
Sean Kelly

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  1. The Monthly Today
    Now the focus shifts to Labor
    The Opposition faces a difficult choice on immigration
    Sean Kelly
  2. Ich bin ein Brisbaner
    ‘Berlin Syndrome’ and the naivety of the tourist–artist
    Luke Goodsell
  3. The Monthly Essays
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    What will be the cost of a patchwork NBN?
    Paddy Manning
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  4. Howard’s chickens come home to roost
    The government's move on 457 visas is proof that John Howard’s short-termism is here to stay
    Nick Dyrenfurth
    Howard’s chickens come home to roost. Source

Politics

A pointless passage to India. Source
A pointless passage to India
Turnbull’s trip to India produced very little except another PR boost for the Adani mine
Mungo MacCallum
Seeking a workable solution for asylum seekers. © Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Seeking a workable solution for asylum seekers
Robert Manne responds to Klaus Neumann
Robert Manne
Injustices and the art of realpolitik. Source
Injustices and the art of realpolitik
The asylum-seeker solution proposed by Brennan, Costello, Manne and Menadue is unacceptable
Klaus Neumann
Sky’s the limit
Latham’s sacking reveals the hypocrisy of the free-speech crusaders
Mungo MacCallum


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Society

A cleansing fire. Image of Jessa Crispin
Arts & Letters / Books
A cleansing fire
Jessa Crispin’s ‘Why I Am Not a Feminist’ demands a dismantling of mainstream feminism … and the system itself
Stephanie Bishop
Crossing over. Image of George Michael
Arts & Letters / Music
Crossing over
On George Michael, race and pop
Anwen Crawford
Vox
An Aboriginal place
A farming family and Indigenous elders join forces to recognise a special site on private land
Sam Vincent
Vox
The stopover
The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis
Robert Skinner


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Culture

Kendrick rising. Source

Kendrick rising

With his new album, ‘Damn’, Kendrick Lamar cements his status as the world’s reigning hip-hop artist
Anwen Crawford

Race, celebrity and power in ‘OJ: Made in America’

The documentary is a powerful examination of the OJ Simpson trial within the context of race relations in the US
Anwen Crawford
‘Fever Dream’ by Samanta Schweblin. Cover of Fever Dream
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‘Fever Dream’ by Samanta Schweblin

Trans. Megan McDowell; Oneworld; $19.99
Helen Elliott
Arts & Letters / Television

The whole follow-your-dreams thing

There’s some bite to Donald Glover’s languid, lyrical comedy series ‘Atlanta’
Luke Davies
Arts & Letters / Photography

Art walks a tightrope

Bill Henson exhibits recent photographic work at the National Gallery of Victoria
Sebastian Smee
Arts & Letters / Theatre

A necessary shift

The Asia TOPA festival is unique for its focus on contemporary Asian culture
Alison Croggon
The Nation Reviewed

Magic hands

Russian piano superstar Daniil Trifonov teaches a masterclass in Melbourne
Chloe Hooper

The welcome challenge of ‘Legion’

FX’s new Marvel superhero show is refreshingly cerebral
Harry Windsor
Arts & Letters / Film

Backstage drama

The domestic disquiet of Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’ gives way to suspense
Luke Davies


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Environment

Fish have feelings too. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Fish have feelings too
Under-the-sea society is much more complex than we imagine
James Bradley
The Perth Freight Link: Stranger than fiction. © Renee Schipp
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
Holy shark. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Holy shark
Leonie the leopard shark’s switch to asexual reproduction is a world first
Ashley Hay
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


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Economics

The shorter working week can work
It’s time to take the four-day work week seriously
Emma Dawson
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
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


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