Watching the TV drama on radicalised misogyny among boys recalled the author’s book on a real-life tragedy in WA ...

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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 ...

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 ...

There was a time when the leaders of Australia’s Labor and Liberal parties refused to entertain the question of minority government, and no one seemed to mind. It was just about the final taboo in our ...

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 ...

Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno, on Dutton’s missteps, Albanese’s reset and the global forces shaping the campaign. It’s only been a week, but the election campaign is already off ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a reader, I have pretty consistent tastes and preferences. I think – and, just to be clear, I reserve the right to completely abandon this theory – but I think that my primary passion is for story.