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21+ hour, 58+ min ago  (761+ words) Peter Dutton was too Trump-like for voters. Are the rules any different for Pauline Hanson? Peter Brent 19 June 2026 1055 words One Nation leader Pauline Hanson at the National Press Club on Wednesday. Lukas Coch/ AAP Image If a federal Liberal or…...

21+ hour, 42+ min ago  (487+ words) Siri Hustvedt's memoir captures how grieving grips the mind and the body Martha Macintyre Books 19 June 2026 1656 words Intimacy and its transformations: Hustvedt interviewing her husband Paul Auster at the Symphony Space Thalia Theater in New York in January 2009. Jack Vartoogian…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (410+ words) Nora Kate Weston and Eirene Mort lived together for sixty years in a "homosocial" world of women artworkers Stephanie Miller Books 17 June 2026 727 words At home: Weston and Mort, c. 1912. National Library of Australia, Acc. 18. 059, Box 9 In her latest book, Double Act,…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (634+ words) A former USAID staffer sticks his head above the parapet Gordon Peake 12 June 2026 1523 words Stymied at every turn, exasperated by the torrent of misinformation, Nicolas Enrich realised his work at the doomed USAID was futile. Luis Tato/ AFP via Getty…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (269+ words) What can history tell us about identifying and resisting political manipulation? Jane Goodall Books 12 June 2026 1505 words "Why do the many submit to the few?" This question, posed by Avishai Margalit and Assaf Sharon in their new book Captive Minds: A…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (515+ words) The prime minister's optimistic view of the political landscape could be standing in the way of an effective response Carol Johnson 12 June 2026 1391 words Failure of anticipation: Anthony Albanese takes questions from the media at Parliament House on the morning after…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (701+ words) Seasoned financial analyst Logan Wright certainly thinks so Michael Gill Books 10 June 2026 2351 words The same political imperatives that drove China's over-investment in property and construction are making the problem hard to solve. Long Wei/VCG via Getty Images Anyone who…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1335+ words) The party's election autopsy omits the biggest reason for its defeat " and fails to prepare for the future G. Elliott Morris 9 June 2026 3502 words Fighting the tide: Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona, during the 2024 election campaign. Gage…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (248+ words) A new biography of Jan Morris, the travel writer who became a trans woman Jim Davidson Books 8 June 2026 2042 words A double reputation: writer Jan Morris. Meanwhile the British Empire was collapsing all around him. In a matter of months, 1947 saw…...