Western women today enjoy unprecedented freedom and power – but it can sometimes seem to be a game of two steps forward, one step back.Yes, Julia Gillard is our first female prime minister … but her …
In the clash between money and conservation, money usually wins – with devastating results in a land that tolerates few mistakes. Tim Flannery delivers a wake-up call about the consequences of…
In the clash between money and conservation, money usually wins – with devastating results in a land that tolerates few mistakes. Tim Flannery delivers a wake-up call about the consequences of…
David Marr’s Quarterly Essay on former PM Kevin Rudd marked the beginning of the end. Was it a well-timed coincidence, or a body blow he never recovered from? Now, Marr turns his pen to…
David Marr’s Quarterly Essay on former PM Kevin Rudd marked the beginning of the end. Was it a well-timed coincidence, or a body blow he never recovered from? Now, Marr turns his pen to…
Australia seems gripped by a fever of disenchantment. We’ve escaped from the world financial crisis with barely a scrape, yet we rail at the prime minister, whinge about minority government and…
For the first time in history, humans sit unchallenged at the top of the food chain. To coincide with the publication of the latest Quarterly Essay, Us and Them, Anna Krien investigates the…
For the first time in history, humans sit unchallenged at the top of the food chain. To coincide with the publication of the latest Quarterly Essay, Us and Them, Anna Krien investigates the…
Is the world split between those who want to save the planet and those who want to save themselves? In Quarterly Essay 44, Andrew Charlton exposes the rift that will shape our future: progress…
Is the world split between those who want to save the planet and those who want to save themselves? In Quarterly Essay 44, Andrew Charlton exposes the rift that will shape our future: progress…
This year has seen unprecedented scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch’s British interests. There’s even been talk of ‘the end of imperium’. Some of that has spilled over as far as our shores – where it all…
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For many decades Australia was the country that rode on the sheep’s back. No more – now we are a country of mining and services…
In her Quarterly Essay, Judith Brett — award-winning author, professor of politics at Latrobe University and one of Australia’s most original and respected political thinkers — reflects on the…
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Until a generation or two ago, we were taught virtue and duty should be the guiding principles of living well. These days we’re…
In ‘The Good Life: Happiness and Virtue in the Modern World’, one of Australia’s finest writers returns to one of the most fundamental questions and gives it a modern twist: what is it to live a…
In The Good Life: Happiness and Virtue in the Modern World, the latest Quarterly Essay, one of Australia’s finest writers and thinkers returns to one of the most fundamental existential questions…
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Political journalist George Megalogenis thinks our politicians are in a “race to the bottom” as they become more dependent on polls…
George Megalogenis considers what has happened to politics in Australia. He dissects the cycle of polls, focus groups and presidential politics and explores what it has done to the prospect of…
In his Quarterly Essay “Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era”, political journalist George Megalogenis examines the restless pace and timid tone of contemporary Australian…
In the September Quarterly Essay, Hugh White considers Australia’s place between Beijing and Washington. As the power balance shifts, and China’s influence grows, what might this mean for the…
