Federal politics
After robodebt: Restoring trust in government integrity and accountability
The attorney-general makes the case for reforms to Australia’s institutional checks and balances
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In ‘House of Gods’, Sydney’s Muslim community gets to be complicated
Plus, Barnaby Joyce shines in ‘Nemesis’, Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott deliver ‘Bottoms’, and Chloë Sevigny and Molly Ringwald step up for ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’.
Where the feats have no name: ‘U2:UV’ at Sphere
It’s no surprise it took U2 to launch post-stadium rock via a spectacular immersive show within the technical marvel of Las Vegas’s newest venue
How long-distance running changed the life of the former Australian of the Year (and earnt her a record win in an ultramarathon)
Lively discussions take place around the country every week on ethical non-monogamy, love addiction and how much sex is too much
A Tasmanian inquiry uncovered decades of catastrophic failure to protect young people in the state’s care and a bureaucratic tangle that sheltered their abusers
In ‘House of Gods’, Sydney’s Muslim community gets to be complicated
Plus, Barnaby Joyce shines in ‘Nemesis’, Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott deliver ‘Bottoms’, and Chloë Sevigny and Molly Ringwald step up for ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’.
International Film Festival Rotterdam highlights
Films from Iran, Ukraine and Bundaberg were deserving winners at this year’s festival
‘Expats’ drills down on Hong Kong’s class divide
Plus, Netflix swallows Trent Dalton, Deborah Mailman remains in ‘Total Control’ and ‘Vanderpump Rules’ returns for another season
Three overlooked albums of spiritual jazz from 2023
Recent releases by kora player John Haycock, trumpeter Matthew Halsall and 14-piece jazz ensemble Ancient Infinity Orchestra feel like a refuge from reality
Labor’s pledge to depoliticise the public service is undermined by the government only hearing what it wants to hear on climate change
Australian citizens are being held in supervised facilities after they have served their prison sentence, amounting to indefinite detention
Lively discussions take place around the country every week on ethical non-monogamy, love addiction and how much sex is too much
Vale Michael Blakemore, whose rivalry with the National Theatre’s Peter Hall led them both to become giants of the stage
How long-distance running changed the life of the former Australian of the Year (and earnt her a record win in an ultramarathon)
Call to arms: Jordan Wolfson’s ‘Body Sculpture’
The NGA’s newest acquisition, a controversial American artist’s animatronic steel cube, fuses abstraction with classical figure sculpture
Where the feats have no name: ‘U2:UV’ at Sphere
It’s no surprise it took U2 to launch post-stadium rock via a spectacular immersive show within the technical marvel of Las Vegas’s newest venue
Novel gazing: McKenzie Wark’s ‘Love and Money, Sex and Death’
The expat writer and scholar’s memoir is an inquiry into “what it means to experience the self as both an intimate and a stranger”
The award-winning author kicks off our new fiction series with a story of coming to terms with a troubled father’s obsessions
Delphine de Vigan’s ‘Kids Run the Show’
The French author’s fragmentary novel employs the horror genre to explore anxieties about intimacy, celebrity and our infatuation with life on screens
The magical realism in Netflix’s adaptation of Trent Dalton’s bestselling novel derails its tender portrayal of family drama in 1980s Brisbane’s suburban fringe
‘A man’s got to know his limitations’
The author imagines a better world, where everyone abides by the universal truth uttered by Dirty Harry in ‘Magnum Force’
A missing $80 million to keep asylum seekers in limbo
Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Middleton, on Australia’s management of offshore detention.
HOST Ange McCormack
GUEST Karen Middleton
Why the Bureau of Meteorology lied to court
Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton on troubles at the BoM, and how internal struggles are getting in the way of the weather forecast.
HOST Ange McCormack
GUEST Rick Morton
Texts, calls and a Brisbane lunch: Murdoch press and the Bruce Lehrmann inquiry
Contributor to The Saturday Paper Chris Wallace on the texts and phone calls between the head of the inquiry and a well-known journalist.
HOST Ange McCormack
GUEST Chris Wallace