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Labor's stunning landslide, plus the hangover from Australia's wine boom
Laura Tingle and Niki Savva dissect Labor's landslide victory in the federal election, and examine what went wrong for the Coalition. Plus, writer Nick Ryan explains why there's a glut of wine in Australia.
Published: with David Marr
Australia's biggest tax lurks, and Mexico stares down Donald Trump
Australia's tax system is unusually generous to the prosperous. Ahead of the Federal election, why is tax reform not on the agenda? And how Mexico's first female President, Claudia Sheinbaum, is taking on US President Donald Trump.
Published: with David Marr
The State of the Nation: has the myth of the 'fair go' been broken?
Has the myth of the Australian fair-go finally been broken? Are social divides deepening and widening? And in a time of great uncertainty, how does Australia see itself in the world?
Duration: 53 minutes 22 seconds
Published: with David Marr
The State of the Self: Have we lost a sense of community in a post pandemic world?
Despite the promise that we were “all in it together”, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a flight from sociability.
Duration: 54 minutes 2 seconds
Published: with David Marr
The State of the World: the rise of Orbán, Trump and Netanyahu
Has the rise of leaders like Orbán, Trump and Netanyahu finally put paid to the liberal fantasy that fascism, ultra-nationalism and xenophobia were symptoms of a political malaise consigned to the 19th century?
Duration: 54 minutes 4 seconds
Published: with David Marr
Former Guardian UK editor Alan Rusbridger on how the media should respond to Trump's threats
Veteran British journalist and editor Alan Rusbridger discusses Donald Trump’s attacks on the US press, Jeff Bezos’s editorial about-face at the Washington Post, the threats to the media in the West and how the industry should respond.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds
Published: with David Marr
'Vicious trolling' took place long before the internet
Many of us have tussled online with internet trolls but did you know that trolling has its roots in Ancient Greece?
Published: by Anastasia Safioleas
Celebrating the life of this 'wildly passionate' Australian poet
Late Australian poet Dorothy Porter could take a mere handful of words and do extraordinary things with them. Her sister, Josie McSkimming, celebrates her and her art, in a complicated family memoir.
Published: by Nicola Heath
As developers move in, could Australia's beach shacks fade into history?
Australia’s beach shacks are an architectural quirk of history. But as they slowly disappear from our coastlines, ‘shackies’ and historians argue we should be paying more attention to the hidden history of these emblems of summer.
Published: by Lucia Stein
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