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The Nation Reviewed

A beautiful chaos

The Artful Dodgers Studios is a haven for young artists and musicians
Jaye Kranz
Vox

True love in Nauru

Two gay refugees face an unwelcoming community and an uncertain future
Abdul Karim Hekmat
Arts & Letters / Books

Success dogged him

Judith Brett’s ‘The Enigmatic Mr Deakin’ is a skilful portrait of Australia’s second prime minister
Mark McKenna
The Monthly Essays

Title fight

The people of the Pilbara take on Australia’s great philanthropist
Paul Cleary
The Monthly Essays

The crankhandle of history

Thirty years on, what should we make of Bruce Chatwin’s song to the songlines?
Richard Cooke
Comment

Canberra needs a watchdog

Who is keeping an eye on our federal politicians?
Richard Denniss

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    Working regional
    A stint in a remote Western Australian hospital brings its own challenges
    Karen Hitchcock
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    Title fight
    The people of the Pilbara take on Australia’s great philanthropist
    Paul Cleary
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  3. Vox
    True love in Nauru
    Two gay refugees face an unwelcoming community and an uncertain future
    Abdul Karim Hekmat
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    Suffer the children
    Trouble in the Family Court
    Jess Hill
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    The Artful Dodgers Studios is a haven for young artists and musicians
    Jaye Kranz
    A beautiful chaos. Illustration

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
Lessons from camels. © Juniors Bildarchiv GmbH / Alamy
Vox
Lessons from camels
A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
Robert Skinner
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


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Media

Killing our media. Facebook CEO and chairman Mark Zuckerberg at the APEC CEO Summit 2016 in Lima, Peru
The Monthly Essays
Killing our media
The impact of Facebook and the tech giants
Nick Feik
Fairfax is under threat again
Quick action is needed if public-interest journalism is to survive
Ranald Macdonald
Is Michelle Guthrie tuned in to the ABC?. Image of Michelle Guthrie
The Monthly Essays
Is Michelle Guthrie tuned in to the ABC?
The new managing director’s vision isn’t clear
Margaret Simons
Get your Wiki on. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Get your Wiki on
Wikiclub NT is raising the Northern Territory’s profile on Wikipedia
Oscar Schwartz


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Health

Vox
A few questions before you go
How do we decide how we die?
Steven Amsterdam
The Medicine
A pain in the tooth
What happened to Australia’s publicly funded dental system?
Karen Hitchcock
The Medicine
The next big thin
Dissecting dietary fads and habits
Karen Hitchcock
The snip. © Eraxion / iStock
The Monthly Essays
The snip
It’s a simple procedure, but having a vasectomy can raise questions of masculinity and equality
Ceridwen Dovey


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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
Arrested development. Image of James Packer
The Monthly Essays
Arrested development
James Packer has been down, but he’s not out
Richard Cooke
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


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History

Hump day. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Hump day
The descendants of Australia’s “Afghan” cameleers get together in remote South Australia
Sam Vincent
True history of the Clarke gang. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
True history of the Clarke gang
Infamous bushrangers of Braidwood, New South Wales
Sam Vincent
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
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


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Science & Technology

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
The science question and feminism
STEM is the future, and women need to be part of it
Margaret Wertheim
The eureka factory. Image of Xiaojing Hao
The Monthly Essays
The eureka factory
Australia’s solar champions face an uncertain future
Ceridwen Dovey
Dinosaur digger. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Dinosaur digger
Melbourne Museum’s Thomas Rich has devoted more than 30 years to Australia’s polar dinosaurs
Chloe Hooper


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Education

Vox
The school-shopping list
Private, public, state, selective … the trials of choosing a high school
Fran Cusworth
Child’s play. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Child’s play
The Melbourne Museum’s new gallery takes small children seriously
Zoë Morrison
Rhodes dollars. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Rhodes dollars
The Rhodes Scholarship is slowly embracing diversity
Zoë Morrison
New students. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
New students
Welcome to the Collingwood English Language School
Ingrid Laguna


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World

Fallen angels. © Dave Tacon
The Monthly Essays
Fallen angels
The children left behind by Australian sex tourists in the Philippines
Margaret Simons
The Insult. Statue of a kouros in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
The Monthly Essays
The Insult
An incurious encounter takes flight
Peter Robb
The work of catfish. Katsushika Hokusai, 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa', c
The Monthly Essays
The work of catfish
Reflections on Japan
Lian Hearn
The foundering miracle. Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan addresses the nation about the worsening situation at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, 25 March 2011
The Monthly Essays
The foundering miracle
Reflections on Japan
Hugh White


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Food

A near-impossible sell. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
A near-impossible sell
Sprout farmer Bruce Adams has created one of Australia’s more unlikely oversized highway attractions
Patrick Witton
Masaaki’s sushi. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Masaaki’s sushi
Join the queue for Tasmania’s most sought-after Japanese
Josephine Rowe
The dining boom. Wine distributors from China visit the Barossa Valley
The Monthly Essays
The dining boom
Australia’s food and wine industry is the next big thing in China
Hamish McDonald
The Nation Reviewed
Degustation Laconic
The language of menus
Aaron Timms


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Travel

Vox
The stopover
The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis
Robert Skinner
The perfect cup of coffee
On an island in Nicaragua, a rocky incline stands between Steve Hely and the Holy Grail of caffeine
Steve Hely
Too upsetting. Illustration
Vox
Too upsetting
The boat cruise commentary had everything – except indigenous Tasmania
Bruce Pascoe
‘White Sands’ by Geoff Dyer. Cover of White Sands
Noted
‘White Sands’ by Geoff Dyer
Text Publishing; $32.99
Stephanie Bishop


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Family & Relationships

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
Why she broke. Image of Akon Guode
The Monthly Essays
Why she broke
The woman, her children and the lake: Akon Guode’s tragic story
Helen Garner
Not-church on time. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Not-church on time
The Weekly Service offers a different kind of communion
Sylvia Rowley
The hand of faith. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
The hand of faith
In 1980 a giant gold nugget changed the Hillier family’s fortunes
Lisa Clausen


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Law & Order

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
Rape among the lamingtons. Image of Ian Shevill
The Monthly Essays
Rape among the lamingtons
Tragic evidence of child sexual abuse in the Newcastle Anglican Church
Anne Manne
Call for backup. Image of Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre
The Monthly Essays
Call for backup
How authorities lost control of juvenile detention
Russell Marks
Duterte’s dirty war. Prisoners in the holding cells at Tondo police station, Manila
The Monthly Essays
Duterte’s dirty war
A trip to the Philippines reveals the human cost of the war on drugs
Margaret Simons


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Indigenous Australia

To walk in two worlds. Illustration
Comment
To walk in two worlds
The Uluru Statement is a clear and urgent call for reform
Megan Davis
A job half undone. Illustration
Comment
A job half undone
Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians must be more than just tokenism
Noel Pearson
Vox
An Aboriginal place
A farming family and Indigenous elders join forces to recognise a special site on private land
Sam Vincent
This storied land. Image of the Pilbara, Western Australia
Arts & Letters / Books
This storied land
Mark McKenna’s ‘From the Edge’ tells four fascinating stories of Aboriginal and settler interaction through the history of place
Frank Bongiorno


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National Security

Looking for moles. Image of surveillance of David Combe
Arts & Letters / Books
Looking for moles
The third volume in ASIO’s official history confirms infiltration by Soviet intelligence
David McKnight
China flexes. Illustration
Comment
China flexes
The dispute over the South China Sea will come to affect more than just China’s near neighbours
Michael Wesley
Spies like Oz. ASIO surveillance photograph of the 1968 May Day March in Wollongong
Arts & Letters / Books
Spies like Oz
John Blaxland’s ‘The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO 1963–1975’
David McKnight
Oil and water. Robert Domm interviews Xanana Gusmão, October 1990
The Monthly Essays
Oil and water
Australia blurs the lines with Timor-Leste
Mark Aarons


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Gender

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
Business as usual?. Image of men at board meeting
The Monthly Essays
Business as usual?
The confused case for corporate gender equality
Cordelia Fine
Climax isn’t the point. Image of Helen Tufts and Helena Born
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
The gentlemen’s club. Illustration
The Medicine
The gentlemen’s club
Having a baby and having a medical career
Karen Hitchcock


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Sport

Marathon man. Source
Marathon man
John Coates’ 27-year AOC tenure must end before real change can take place
Mungo MacCallum
AFL 2017 in names only. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
AFL 2017 in names only
The only player analysis you’ll need this footy season
Hugh Robertson
The Nation Reviewed
Desirable elements
Simon Oxenham has designed some of the world’s greatest skateparks
Jenan Taylor
8972 fans. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
8972 fans
The Newtown Jets rugby league team has a loyal – and increasingly urbane – suburban following
Alex McKinnon


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