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The Monthly Today
Where does it all end?
The citizenship circus threatens to paralyse the government
Sean Kelly
Closeness from a distance. Cover of On the Java Ridge

Closeness from a distance

Jock Serong’s ‘On the Java Ridge’ shows us a world our politicians would prefer we didn’t see
Elle Hardy
The Medicine

A pain in the tooth

What happened to Australia’s publicly funded dental system?
Karen Hitchcock

Bold as ‘SHIT’

Susie Dee and Patricia Cornelius deliver the wake-up call Australian theatre needs
Fiona McGregor
The Nation Reviewed

Word wranglers

Meet the team behind the Macquarie Dictionary
Darryn King

A town like Fargo

The anthology series’ self-aware absurdity makes it the perfect show for our times
Elle Hardy
Arts & Letters / Art

What must be said

Australia’s Tracey Moffatt leads the way at the 57th Venice Biennale
Julie Ewington

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  1. The Monthly Today
    Where does it all end?
    The citizenship circus threatens to paralyse the government
    Sean Kelly
    Where does it all end?. Source
  2. The Medicine
    A pain in the tooth
    What happened to Australia’s publicly funded dental system?
    Karen Hitchcock
  3. Bold as ‘SHIT’
    Susie Dee and Patricia Cornelius deliver the wake-up call Australian theatre needs
    Fiona McGregor

Politics

Crashing the party. Australian Greens leader Bob Brown announcing his resignation on 13 April 2012
The Monthly Essays
Crashing the party
The Greens should be celebrating their 25th birthday
Paddy Manning
Debt. Recovery.. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Debt. Recovery.
A parliamentary committee’s report on the Centrelink robo-debt debacle makes for damning reading
Alex McKinnon
He will never stop. Illustration
Comment
He will never stop
Tony Abbott seems determined to wreck the clean energy target
Judith Brett
On the bright side
It’s nice that Nick Greiner thinks a chat might end the Abbott–Turnbull war
Mungo MacCallum


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Society

The art of dependency. Artwork by Micheline Lee
The Monthly Essays
The art of dependency
The NDIS promised choice and control
Micheline Lee
Screen time, all the time. Image of child looking at screen
The Monthly Essays
Screen time, all the time
Do smart devices in classrooms help kids learn?
Russell Marks
Vox
Back to where I came from
A trip to Iran brings a senator face to face with the life that could have been
Sam Dastyari
Vox
Lessons from camels
A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
Robert Skinner


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Culture

‘Bennelong’ by Bangarra Dance Theatre. Beau Dean Riley Smith in Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Bennelong
Noted

‘Bennelong’ by Bangarra Dance Theatre

Sydney Opera House (touring Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne)
Fiona McGregor
Noted

‘Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker’ by Marie Darrieussecq

Trans. Penny Hueston; Text Publishing; $24.99
Helen Elliott
On the road again. Image of Jen Cloher
Arts & Letters / Music

On the road again

Jen Cloher’s self-titled album
Anwen Crawford
Arts & Letters / Film

Under the covers

David Lowery’s ‘A Ghost Story’
Luke Davies
Arts & Letters / Art

Wonder, invention, anger and dejection

‘Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial’
Sebastian Smee
Arts & Letters / Theatre

A crucible of memory

La Mama, one of Australia’s most influential theatre companies, turns 50
Alison Croggon

The Monthly music wrap: July 2017

Vale Simon Holmes and Dr G Yunupingu
Anwen Crawford

Breaking with tradition

Writing into the Marvel canon from the outside
Roxane Gay

Surveying the scene

Art Gallery of NSW celebrates the work of iconic Indigenous photographer Mervyn Bishop
Stephanie Bishop


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Environment

Not-so-Tasmanian tiger. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Not-so-Tasmanian tiger
The thylacine is thought be extinct. Might it still be found in mainland Australia?
Anthony Ham
The Nation Reviewed
Foresters of the skies
The grey-headed flying fox faces a perilous nightly journey
Arnold Zable
Country needs people. Image of Yarrkalpa – Hunting Ground, Parnngurr Area, 2013
The Monthly Essays
Country needs people
Mapping and minding shared lands
Kim Mahood
Nature 2.0. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Nature 2.0
Saving Australia’s smallest freshwater fish
Nicole Gill


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Economics

Grandfathering the Australian dream. Image of a broken key
The Monthly Essays
Grandfathering the Australian dream
House prices, insecure work and growing debts … Who can afford a stake in today’s society?
Richard Denniss
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


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