On the Chain
An Australian slaughterhouse dispute shone a light on a system designed to exploit migrant workers’ hopes and ambitions.
The Monthly
The Fabulist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris’s bestselling novels ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ and ‘Cilka’s Journey’, and the problem of truth in historical fiction.
The Endless Reign of Rupert Murdoch
After decades of influence, the media mogul isn’t so much a person as an epoch.
Talent to Burn
Five stories about Nick Kyrgios, tennis’ misunderstood genius.
Rom Watangu
An indigenous leader reflects on a lifetime following the law of the land in Australia.
“What Aboriginal people ask is that the modern world now makes the sacrifices necessary to give us a real future. To relax its grip on us. To let us breathe, to let us be free of the determined control exerted on us to make us like you. And you should take that a step further and recognise us for who we are, and not who you want us to be. Let us be who we are – Aboriginal people in a modern world – and be proud of us. Acknowledge that we have survived the worst that the past had thrown at us, and we are here with our songs, our ceremonies, our land, our language and our people – our full identity. What a gift this is that we can give you, if you choose to accept us in a meaningful way.”
The Art of Tour Guiding
What it’s like to drive tourists around the Australian outback.
In Danger
The life and death of a gorilla named Julia.
The Insults of Age
On the stupid things people say to the elderly.
Cold Comfort
The president of Kiribati goes to Norway to bear witness to climate change.
The Good Story
A novelist and a psychotherapist discuss truth, fiction and the stories we tell ourselves.
