1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (289+ words) In its fourth successive adaptation from Henry Lawson’s short story, Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife is softened into an opera. Molly’s life is so brutal that she keeps a loaded shotgun always in reach as she stalks the parameters of…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (587+ words) When Alan Robertson, SC, was commissioned to conduct an independent review of the adequacy of regulation preceding the death of Ann-Marie Smith, he began with a one-sentence summary of the case. Six years on, it is still harrowing to read....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (331+ words) expands the portrait of Sydney through the lens of its radical subcultures that Max Easton began in The Magpie Wing and Paradise Estate. At its centre are four characters: punk archivist Sunny and their partner, Sio, bass player Helen, and…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (939+ words) A case in the NSW Land and Environment Court sets a dangerous precedent for the approval of private seawalls without independent expert oversight. On July 23, in Horton Coastal Engineering Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council, Commissioner Joanne Gray of the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (832+ words) Every day women and children experience violence and abuse in Australia. Occasionally, there are moments in this rolling crisis that our political leaders feel they can’t ignore. These are the tipping points in the cumulative horror of men’s violence that…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1696+ words) The ICAC inquiry has heard how the Nationals senator engaged a lobbyist for the hard-right faction to push colleague Dave Sharma to drop support for changes to the Sex Discrimination Act. When Matt Canavan needed pressure applied to a Coalition…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1017+ words) A new documentary, The Match, examines the longstanding animosity between England and Argentina on the soccer pitch – a bitter rivalry revisited in last month’s World Cup semi-final. Once again, that match – or, as it’s stylised here, “The Match” – is the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (151+ words) Three years before the main action of the novel kicks off, Leslie, the protagonist of I Love the Whole World! is at the movies in Melbourne watching Titanic with her teenage daughter. At the sight of Leonardo DiCaprio sinking into…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (97+ words) The Saturday Paper Article text size: This control adjusts article text size. For broader accessibility options, please use your browser or device text scaling settings. Exclusive: Tony Abbott’s ICAC comments a ‘warning’ to News Corp As the ICAC hears evidence…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1285+ words) Richard Flanagan says there is a nagging belief among the political left that white Australians do not belong in this land. Flanagan says this is wrong. The Tasmanian writer says white people are uniquely of this place. He is right…...