June 2019
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
The Morrison election: What we know now
Why did low-income voters turn to the Coalition while wealthy urbanites voted Labor?
A firsthand view of the nation’s new political faultlines
The lie of ‘responsible gambling’
Australia’s world-beating gambling addiction and the deception hiding it
The case of the bouncy castle bombings
An arson spree and a missing party-hire boss
The Nation Reviewed
2019 election: The shock of the new normal
Why Morrison’s victory shouldn’t have surprised the major parties
Hate speech isn’t freedom of speech
Australia’s debate over free speech online must go beyond Israel Folau
Stories of neglect and abuse from the royal commission
The screenwriters living with the crew of Mawson station
Vox
Arts & Letters
The chthonic realms explored in Robert Macfarlane’s ‘Underland’
Cave systems, mines, urban sewers, mycelial networks, moulins and more
A master’s misstep: Claire Denis’ ‘High Life’
The French auteur chooses a sci-fi film to start over-explaining things
Seoul trained: K-pop and Blackpink
Trying to find meaning in the carefully formulated culture of K-pop
Noted
‘Animalia’ by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo The French author delivers a pastoral that turns on human cruelty
‘The Essential Duchamp’ at the Art Gallery of NSW A comprehensive exhibition of the 20th century’s most influential artist
‘Assembly’ by Angelica Mesiti at Venice Biennale The democratic ideal is explored in the Australian Pavilion’s video installation
