46+ min ago   (1234+ words) I admit I am an unlikely Anglophile. My bloodline is mostly Indigenous and Irish. When God handed out anti-English grievance, my family got in line twice. Yet, I fell under the sway of England at an early age. My great-aunt…...

1+ week, 46+ min ago   (197+ words) Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree at the Potter Museum of Art is a visually stunning and emotionally profound exploration of Australian identity. Through the eucalypt, the exhibition traverses Indigenous knowledge, colonial encounter, environmental history, national mythology, scientific inquiry…...

2+ week, 46+ min ago   (1161+ words) Giving men the skills to reveal their vulnerabilities and connect emotionally is central to the work of mental health and ending gendered violence. There are moments in our lives that seem incredibly ordinary at the time but can stay with…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (412+ words) A creative writing teacher at a prestigious Australian university deducts a mark from his students’ stories every time he becomes too aware of the act of reading. It’s hard to imagine Chloe Wilson’s highly original debut novel, The Thornbacks, narrated…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (841+ words) Though Boyes and his team have documented nearly 300 new populations of cheetahs, leopards and lions there, efforts to encounter the elephant herd have been unsuccessful. “I’d find footprints and I’d run after them as far as I could and then…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1721+ words) Protecting whistleblowers is not optional. It is foundational to democracy, and it begins with a simple truth. Without them, many of the most important public interest stories – and scandals exposed – in this country would never have been told. As an…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (316+ words) Health Minister Mark Butler has announced sweeping changes to the NDIS, which will now see many children with autism and developmental delays diverted to a different system. In a speech to the National Press Club, Butler said that the NDIS…...