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A Dili diary
Nicholas Jose
18 April 2024
Layers of history — Portugese, Dutch, Japanese, Indonesian, Australian — aren’t far from the surface in the Timorese capital and its hinterland
National Affairs
Electoral shadows
Paul Rodan
17 April 2024
Past election results offer good news and bad for the federal government
International
Wait of history
Tony Walker
17 April 2024
A long-vaunted “two-state solution” for Israel and Palestine seems more remote than ever
National Affairs
Hot air versus clean air
Lesley Russell
12 April 2024
Despite worrying evidence, the direct health effects of car-boosted air pollution barely figured in the debate over Labor’s vehicle efficiency standard
Books & Arts
Long war
Graeme Dobell
9 April 2024
How Vladimir Putin’s empire dream became Ukraine’s war and an international nightmare
Books & Arts
“I weep more at a wedding than a funeral”
Kate Fullagar
5 April 2024
The earliest bluestockings pioneered a new way of thinking about women like themselves. But what about the wider world?
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National Affairs
National Affairs
Shadow play
Tony Walker
21 March 2024
Both countries got what they wanted out of Wang Yi’s visit to Canberra
National Affairs
Spiky questions remain for AUKUS proponents
Sam Roggeveen
19 March 2024
There is an alternative, but the debate looks like taking some time to shift
National Affairs
Gap years
Michael Dillon
8 March 2024
Obfuscation and delay are blocking efforts to tackle Indigenous disadvantage
National Affairs
Dunkley’s Rorschach test
Peter Brent
1 March 2024
It’s the interpretation rather than the result that will have real-world effects
National Affairs
How’s he travelling?
Peter Brent
22 February 2024
It depends on how you ask the question
Essays & Reportage
Essays & Reportage
Unbeaching the whale: the book
Dean Ashenden
25 March 2024
A different kind of school reform is needed — reform of governance, the sector system and the daily work of students and teachers
Essays & Reportage
Olympic origins
Jock Given
20 March 2024
Queensland premier Steven Miles is learning an old lesson about sporting venues: sometimes it is best to love the ones you have
Essays & Reportage
Nuclear power, Newspoll and the nuances of polled opinion
Murray Goot
12 March 2024
Is the
Australian
’s polling and commentary doing the opposition any favours?
Essays & Reportage
Ben Chifley’s pipe
Anne-Marie Condé
7 March 2024
A stalwart supporter of the Labor leader emerges from history’s shadows
Essays & Reportage
Red flags
Ebony Nilsson
8 February 2024
Communist or not, postwar refugees from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe attracted the attention of Australia’s security services
Books & Arts
Books & Arts
The legendary King O’Malley
Ken Haley
10 April 2024
“Father of the Commonwealth Bank,” promoter of the national capital, North American émigré — King O’Malley created his own history
Books & Arts
The end of the future
Frank Yuan
8 April 2024
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek engages with “pre-apocalyptic” times
Books & Arts
Sealing the deal
Paul Rodan
4 April 2024
The National Party senator who campaigned against the far-right League of Rights exposes his strengths and weaknesses
Books & Arts
Music of remembrance
Andrew Ford
2 April 2024
In the wake of a war and the Holocaust, how should music commemorate?
Books & Arts
Roaring back
Jane Goodall
30 March 2024
A major new series about the postwar world poses the inevitable question: has the cold war returned?
International
International
Hamas’s dark calculus
Hamish McDonald
10 April 2024
Pressure is mounting among Israel’s allies for a long-term settlement
International
Playing with fire
Tony Walker
2 April 2024
The Israeli attack in Damascus has increased the risk of a region-wide conflict
International
Not quite a marriage made in heaven
Rodney Tiffen
2 April 2024
Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump have had their ups and downs, but it’s mainly been down since 2020
International
Mr Modi goes to Bollywood… and beyond
Robin Jeffrey
15 March 2024
How India’s filmmakers have tracked the national mood
International
Too little, too late
Tony Walker
11 March 2024
In the tortured history of America’s relationship with Israel there has scarcely been a more fraught moment
Correspondents
Correspondents
The fragility of American democracy
Lesley Russell
22 March 2024
Sooner or later, both major parties will have to deal with Trumpism’s legacy, made worse by the problems inherent in America’s political system
Correspondents
Which way will independent voters jump?
Lesley Russell
15 March 2024
The real issues in the US presidential race have been swamped by the big news
Correspondents
Lord Salisbury’s message for the housing ombudsman
Peter Mares
20 February 2024
… and the housing ombudsman’s message for Australia
Correspondents
Jokowi’s high-wire succession
Liam Gammon
14 February 2024
Prabowo Subianto’s likely electoral hole-in-one this week holds risks not only for his enemies
Correspondents
Lost in the post
Peter Mares
12 February 2024
Britain’s Post Office scandal, kept alive by dogged journalism and a new drama series, still has a long way to run