The faux outrage over Albanese's band shirt calls to mind the early battles for the soul (and politics) of punk music.

The bestseller’s fourth novel could have tackled timely questions about true crime – but instead it offers a bleakly retrograde fable about being a good bloke

And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?

Plus an Aussie tech founder simply loves the media!

And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?

See which companies and industries are popular with MPs and their families, and check out parliament’s biggest shareholders.

Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...

Price of everything, value of nothing dept.

Media coverage of the anti-immigration marches was a 'propaganda triumph' for Australian neo-Nazis, who use media-baiting tactics to spread their message.

Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

'Not my cup of tea,' one anti-immigration protester said of the neo-Nazi presence at the rally. But that didn’t stop attendees from marching behind them.

Mutual obligation is one of the last great shibboleths of Australian politics. Now the entire system is under scrutiny with potentially big implications for our welfare system.

Labor's silence on the genocide in Gaza has been simultaneous with its near-total silence on Indigenous affairs since the referendum.

For her fourth novel, the former lawyer draws on her experience working as a legal intern in the UN tribunal for former Yugoslavia

In 2022, Scott Morrison made bungled, offensive comments about women. Three years later, Peter Dutton is just ignoring women altogether.

A beach holiday is narrated by four different characters as they struggle to slough off their personal ghosts

Within hours of his swearing-in, US President Donald Trump revoked a Biden–issued executive order aimed at addressing AI risks.

“I don’t have the nerve to go back through the novel to examine its sentences; it would feel too close to being confronted with past crimes.”

This year's award is long overdue.

Australian Book Review seeks a new Editor and CEO About Australian Book Review Australian Book Review (ABR) seeks a new Editor and Chief Executiv...

The Woolworths strike is yet another example of the staggering disparity between employer and employee under Australian industrial relations law.

... that would be massive scandals if the national media was paying attention

Paul Fletcher — a nullity of a politician who has occupied Bradfield for 15 years — is panicking over being replaced by a community independent.

I’m not going to assert that somehow some part of me is infinite, but I’ve found no evidence to the contrary yet.