Best of 2025 - Between two wounds: Gaza confronts Trump's plan to end the war
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Best of 2025 - Journos as heroes and villains - 'The Hack' reviewed - Part 1
In films and on the small screen, journalists are portrayed as heroes or villains. In The Hack they are both. Does this reflect the diminished, benighted standing journalists hold in society today or is it a step forward in showing the complexities of the work?
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Niki Savva’s Earthquake is a damning account of the election that shook Australia
In 'Earthquake: The Election that Shook Australia', Niki Savva dissects a federal election result that all but erased the Liberal Party from metropolitan Australia and exposed a deep crisis of purpose, leadership and relevance.
15 December 2025
Book Review: Merlinda Bobis explores four generations of colonialism and violence in the Phillipines
Merlinda Bobis’ In the Name of the Trees weaves four generations of Bikol women into a powerful exploration of colonial violence, language, land and survival.
5 December 2025
Book Review: Selling Israel: propaganda, history and contested narratives
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4 December 2025
Book review: Things that concentrate the mind, by Peter Baume
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30 November 2025
Ita Buttrose reflects on her life in media – well, some of it
Ita Buttrose’s memoir celebrates resilience, leadership and public service, but avoids reckoning with controversies that shaped her later career, writes Denis Muller.
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Massacres, memory and the Memorial: facing our most deadly war
The evidence is overwhelming – Australia’s Frontier Wars were real, deadly, and long, and a landmark new book lays it out in full. So when will the Australian War Memorial fully face the truth?
23 November 2025
Henry Reynolds’ bold, new book takes a top-end view of Australian history
First Nations people please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.
19 November 2025
Book review: Turbulence - Australian foreign policy in the Trump era
For anyone concerned about where Australia’s foreign policy including AUKUS, is taking us, Clinton Fernandes' book is essential reading.
17 November 2025
If we don’t control the AI industry, it could end up controlling us, warn two chilling new books
For 16 hours last July, Elon Musk’s company lost control of its multi-million-dollar chatbot, Grok. “Maximally truth seeking” Grok was praising Hitler, denying the Holocaust and posting sexually explicit content.
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‘Oh, the fog lying like a blanket over this sad town’: The Mushroom Tapes sees the humanity in an inhumane story
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It's hard to be an involved dad
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