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The Monthly Essays

Image of Harvey Weinstein
Notes from the studio
Robyn Davidson’s ‘Tracks’ vs Harvey Weinstein
By Robert Drewe
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Image of Timothy Baker
Police, don’t move!
Former police officer Timothy Baker goes on trial for murder
By Catherine Ford
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Image of a modern kitchen, circa 1950.
Tablet or toilet?
How transformative has the computer age really been?
By James Boyce
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Image of a robot waiter
The robot race
What does automation mean for the future of jobs?
By Andrew Charlton and Jim Chalmers
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Lucky Luke
The Darwin poet whose muse is a dialysis machine
By Oscar Schwartz
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Image of Frances Bender
Bender’s choice
Tasmanian salmon, from farm to court
By Claire Konkes
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Still from Get Krack!n
C’mon, we’re being fun
‘Get Krack!n’s Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney are not pussyfooting around
By Anna Krien
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Image of the Sydney Opera House
This is not an opera house
Beautiful on the outside … the tragedy of Bennelong Point
By Darryn King
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True love in Nauru
Two gay refugees face an unwelcoming community and an uncertain future
By Abdul Karim Hekmat
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Image of Alice Springs
The crankhandle of history
Thirty years on, what should we make of Bruce Chatwin’s song to the songlines?
By Richard Cooke
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Image of Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest
Title fight
The people of the Pilbara take on Australia’s great philanthropist
By Paul Cleary
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Lessons from camels
A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
By Robert Skinner
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Back to where I came from
A trip to Iran brings a senator face to face with the life that could have been
By Sam Dastyari
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Image of child looking at screen
Screen time, all the time
Do smart devices in classrooms help kids learn?
By Russell Marks
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Artwork by Micheline Lee
The art of dependency
The NDIS promised choice and control
By Micheline Lee
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Crashing the party
The Greens should be celebrating their 25th birthday
By Paddy Manning
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A few questions before you go
How do we decide how we die?
By Steven Amsterdam
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Image of Yarrkalpa – Hunting Ground, Parnngurr Area, 2013
Country needs people
Mapping and minding shared lands
By Kim Mahood
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