I first learned of Captain Moonlite from the historian Graham Willett. In Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne, a book Willett co-edited, Moonlite features “as the bushranger most likely to qualify as ...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House is a persuasive reminder that the US has always been a less than perfect democracy ...

The Scott Morrison who claims that deterring boat people from ever embarking on the hazardous journey across the Indian Ocean ...

Glyn Davis, vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, has on his shelves a copy of Microcosmographia Academica, the classic university satire, written by the University of Cambridge scholar ...

Paul Kelly and the Dots. Turns out they’ve got the residency, every Friday night at the Kingston Hotel. And Friday night rolls around fast, so before you know it you’re back there checking them out ...

Andrew Ahn’s remake of Ang Lee’s breakthrough film stars Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone in a story of lesbian fertility ...

Two Netflix documentary series only manage to skim the surface of pop music history ...

RAMONA KOVAL: Richard Flanagan, it’s a pleasure to have you here. Welcome to the Monthly Book. RICHARD FLANAGAN: It’s lovely to be here with you, Ramona. RK: Richard, even though it is about lots of ...

In his magnificent address to parliament in February 2008, it seemed as though Kevin Rudd had not merely parted company with Howard on the question of the Stolen Generations, but had sided with ...

In an essay collection, the mysterious author of the Neapolitan novels pursues the “excessive” to counter patriarchal ...

Katter had a lot riding on a majority “yes” vote. It would be more than a vote for de-amalgamation; it would be a validation ...