Chief political analyst at the Australia Institute Amy Remeikis on the big questions we should be asking our politicians – and why now is the time to do so. As the federal election campaign kicked off ...

With a minority government more than likely, why are the major parties abandoning the issues that voters care about? In 2022, Anthony Albanese swept into majority government despite a swing away from ...

In a Quiet cul-de-sac in Wodonga, on the border of Victoria and New South Wales, Serena Brejcha retrieves a two-metre-long banner from its cardboard sheath. Quietly, she unfurls it. It is barely ...

New short fiction about a life changed by an incident on a remote property outside Sydney, where the city’s youth come to drink and shoot guns When I heard the first shot I was alone in the cottage ...

When my son was small, one of my favourite books to read with him was The Flyaway Alphabet by Mary Murphy. In this story, the alphabet’s letters are kept in a cage – thick bars and heavy padlock – by ...

A guide to approaching the formidable catalogue of the influential 88-year-old American composer Philip Glass’s reputation precedes him – you’ve heard of him, even if you haven’t heard his music. He ...

Netflix’s Italian period drama is glorious with intense performances and visual detail, but the latest season of Binge’s hit satire of privilege and psychopaths falls flat You might feel that our ...

The Irish author returns to the setting of his acclaimed novel ‘This Is Happiness’, for an exalted mystery of a baby abandoned at Christmas Here is the opening line of Niall Williams’ new novel: “This ...

Mike Leigh’s latest domestic drama is brutal and caustically funny, while two films about cats offer insights into how we live We’ve all met a Pansy. Constantly embattled, she’s the kind of person who ...

Memories of radiation in Europe after the 1986 accident provide a stark lesson for those supporting nuclear power in Australia The February 14 drone attack on Chernobyl’s super-shielded reactor ...

The latest school bullying furore suggests eradicating such behaviour may be beyond us A friend who lives in my home town messaged me a screenshot of a news report. It was about a child being ...

The Nigerian American’s latest novel includes a Strauss-Kahn–type assault, in a story that risks being more worthy than insightful I wonder what they might think of Dream Count, (4th Estate) the ...