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 ...

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 ...

Essays & reportage Hot night at Town Hall Ken Inglis 28 July 2025 What happened when the satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer came to Adelaide in 1960?

TO SEE whether you care about inequality, take this simple test. Would you prefer to be born into a society in which the bottom fifth of households had 1 per cent and the top fifth had 62 per cent of ...

Australia’s nuclear debate re-ignited last year when Peter Dutton released the Coalition’s plan to use nuclear power rather than renewables to meet Australia’s emissions-reduction obligations. He gave ...

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 ...

When government MPs talk about tackling Australia’s housing crisis their mantra is “supply, supply, supply.” Michelle Ananda‑Rajah used the phrase when she was launching new homes in her electorate of ...