Politics
Labor’s first extinction
State and federal governments have protected Tasmania’s foreign-owned salmon industry, and the imminent loss of the Maugean skate exposes the price of such state capture
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The conservative charity group figures driving the opposition leader’s pivot to nuclear energy
The brilliant career of human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, legal adviser to Julian Assange
In the age of the individual, are we losing our understanding of the collective and our sense of shared humanity?
The Albanese government made promises on transparency, but its use of FOI and NDAs is still disturbingly widespread
Equal access to jury service has a short history, and it’s still unbalanced by gender divisions in domestic labour
Flood-prone houses are being demolished across Brisbane’s riverside suburbs, leaving unnervingly uniform blocks of bright green grass
A visit to a life-drawing class at Arts Project Australia, where artists living with an intellectual disability are developing professional careers
The author’s correspondence with his late friend and colleague on the finer points of boiling water for tea
NMBW Architecture Studio’s innovative inner-Melbourne office conversion exposes the true cost of Modernism’s ‘less is more’
Within the veil: Chunky Move’s ‘You, Beauty’
Artistic director Antony Hamilton’s latest work, debuting at Rising festival, envelops the audience within its massive inflatable set
The big easel: The life and work of Jan Senbergs
The film director remembers his friend and brother-in-law, the celebrated Latvian-Australian fine artist and printmaker
The novelist and essayist’s revelatory exploration of the ocean depths goes beyond science to offer historical, cultural and moral contexts
Nam Le’s ‘36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem’
The writer’s long-awaited return is a poetry collection that probes the risks of reclaiming histories of colonial traumas
‘Everything that made the kernel of his life, was hidden from other people’
The author’s lifelong embrace of solitude and small enclosed spaces is reflected in a line from Chekhov
‘Feud – Capote vs. The Swans’ delivers camp absurdity
Plus, Ukraine through its people’s eyes, new Australian comedy on show, and ‘Shōgun’ returns in full gory glory
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
Miranda July Wrote the Book She Couldn’t Find
Michael discuss her new novel, All Fours, which explores desire, intimacy, dance, and an often overlooked part of the ageing process.
HOST Michael Williams
GUEST Miranda July
Gas beyond 2050: A Labor revolt or sanctioned dissent?
National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on what’s behind the gas plan and why a little “sanctioned dissent” might be part of a broader electoral strategy.
HOST Ashlynne McGhee
GUEST Mike Seccombe
Jennifer Robinson on UK courts giving Assange one last appeal
Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson, on why she’s back in Australia lobbying the government and whether they can secure a deal before the US election in November.
HOST Ashlynne McGhee
GUEST Jennifer Robinson