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Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Form and beauty

A visit to a life-drawing class at Arts Project Australia, where artists living with an intellectual disability are developing professional careers

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Dream homes

Flood-prone houses are being demolished across Brisbane’s riverside suburbs, leaving unnervingly uniform blocks of bright green grass

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Law and order

A jury of her peers

Equal access to jury service has a short history, and it’s still unbalanced by gender divisions in domestic labour

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus exiting the House of Reps, Parliament House, behind PM Anthony Albanese

Seeing through the government

The Albanese government made promises on transparency, but its use of FOI and NDAs is still disturbingly widespread

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Fledglings

The parent’s dilemma of helping their children become independent while not wanting to let them go

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

The TV man

Remembering Australian film and TV great Michael Jenkins, creator of ‘Scales of Justice’ and ‘Blue Murder’, and the Ned Kelly film that got away

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Presidential care

Victory for Biden or Trump will depend on who loses the fewest undecided, apathetic or alienated voters

Minister for Finance and Women Katy Gallagher at Parliament House, December 2023

Coming to the parity

Closing the gender pay gap will require more than just platitudes, and will ultimately benefit everyone

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Lines in the sand

By failing to take Indigenous knowledge seriously, a scientific paper speculating on the origin of WA desert ‘fairy circles’ misses the mark

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Letter from Dunkley

As a byelection drew the nation’s focus to the scrappy suburb of the author’s childhood, a visit revealed the damage wrought by the housing crisis