Her first, Our Sandhill Country, had appeared in 1933 just as curiosity was building among Australians wanting to learn more ...

Whether it was intended or not, the latest book by the accomplished Australian journalist and author George Megalogenis was published not long after census night last month. As I thumbed through my ...

Language watchers will have noticed the rise of therapy-speak. Boundaries must be maintained, space must be held, gaslighting must be called out, and triggers, traumas and diagnostic terms abound. The ...

Mentioning Australia’s history of literary censorship to people of a younger vintage often causes befuddlement followed by amazement. In its heyday, our censorship system was a nation-building ...

In the beginning, there was a moment when Alexander Downer’s term as foreign minister could have been a mere blip, as short as his leadership of the Liberal Party. Instead of nearly a dozen years as ...

Essays & reportage George Johnston’s odyssey of war and peace Paul Genoni & Tanya Dalziell 30 July 2025 Eighty years ago, with the Pacific war drawing to a close, the celebrated war correspondent set ...

Books & arts All the lonely people Nick Haslam 8 September 2025 A Nordic writer foregrounds the social and political causes of loneliness Books & arts Speak, memory Nick Haslam 5 September 2024 Gideon ...

Blake Bailey’s fall from grace was precipitous. After years of trying, he had finally made it. Yes, he had written a memoir and well-received biographies of American literary titans Richard Yates, ...

In June 1970 twelve women strode into Parliament House and padlocked themselves to the railings of the public gallery in the House of Representatives. Business was suspended during the ensuing uproar ...

Tasmania presents something of a political conundrum. Back in May 2023 its Liberal government fell into minority after the defection of two members, John Tucker and Lara Alexander. Premier Jeremy ...

Nations are built with pens and brushes not just hammers and nails. They exhibit their character in what they say about themselves as much as what is said about them. — Bruce Pascoe, Convincing Ground ...