essays

Super heroes or super villains?

Society

How the secretive trillionaire superannuation funds are using your money to reshape capitalism

Inside the Nationals

Politics Federal politics

As the National Party celebrates its centenary, its future is in the hands of bitter rivals Michael McCormack and Barnaby Joyce

All watched over

Society Law and order

How far away is mass surveillance when Australian governments are linking CCTV cameras to facial-recognition technology and providing photo IDs to a nationwide system known as ‘the Capability’?

The milk of human genius

Society Food

The end of the cow is near as animal-free milk is likely to decimate the traditional dairy industry within the decade, and plant-based meat is set to upend the beef market

The climate interviews

Politics Society

In the face of the looming catastrophes of climate change, how do we talk when we’re lost for words? The author speaks with everyday Australians to see if we can articulate hope and provoke action

Living hell

Society

Caught up in the chaos of the catastrophic bushfires on the NSW South Coast, the author experienced the terror of those whose homes and loved ones are threatened, as the failures of leadership became all too real

Peace with dishonour

Politics Australian Defence Force

On the West’s Trump-led exit from the wreckage of the Middle East

Stasiland now

Society History

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the author of ‘Stasiland’ reveals the ongoing power of the former East German regime, not just in politics and business but also in shaping perceptions of victimhood in unified Germany

Remember her name

Society Indigenous Australia

Were systemic racism and unconscious bias among police officers behind the death in custody of Tanya Day?

Australia 2.0

Society Australian history

The America’s Cup winged keel and the transformation of a nation

The promised land

Politics Indigenous rights

Bougainville’s independence vote is a historic moment for Papua New Guinea, and a reckoning for Australia

Picking up the pieces

Politics Federal politics

Anthony Albanese wants to be a Labor leader, not an Opposition leader

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