On Helen Garner by Sean O'Beirne evidence-based-policy and what might be the

and what might be the cost of our Anzac obsession

noise as music and the conditions and conventions of conceptual art

Judith Brett traces the unusual history of Australia’s economy and the “resource curse” that has shaped our politics

He also raises the question of whether Australia's contemporary treatment of refugees has anything in common with the sane and decent policies that have characterised the better moments in our history

Katharine Murphy goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the response to the crisis

On Helen Garner by Sean O'Beirne evidence-based-policy and what might be theWhat I love in Helen Garners writing is a particular kind of closeness to self, the good, greedy, mistaken, emotional, fierce, sceptical, changing and disrupting self. Garner makes so much from what seems to be just her individual sense, individual observation rather than anything made by and for the group. But I also love the beautiful strong contradiction in her work: shes always fighting to come back enough, as well, to find enough that can stop