Federal politics
How Morrison changed politics
Does the former prime minister’s departure from parliament signal the end of an era, or will his empty approach live on?
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Pressures on our public hospitals can result in long waits for treatment and elective procedures – but is the answer to let patients pay to jump the queue?
Samoa’s formidable prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa, a traditional leader exercising modern power
Thinker, tailor, Tesla, sphere
How menswear retailer Fletcher Jones built a factory, a community and an idea of the future in Warrnambool, Victoria
‘Feud – Capote vs. The Swans’ delivers camp absurdity
Plus, Ukraine through its people’s eyes, new Australian comedy on show, and ‘Shōgun’ returns in full gory glory
In ‘House of Gods’, Sydney’s Muslim community gets to be complicated
Plus, Barnaby Joyce shines in ‘Nemesis’, Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott deliver ‘Bottoms’, and Chloë Sevigny and Molly Ringwald step up for ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’.
International Film Festival Rotterdam highlights
Films from Iran, Ukraine and Bundaberg were deserving winners at this year’s festival
‘Expats’ drills down on Hong Kong’s class divide
Plus, Netflix swallows Trent Dalton, Deborah Mailman remains in ‘Total Control’ and ‘Vanderpump Rules’ returns for another season
Closing the gender pay gap will require more than just platitudes, and will ultimately benefit everyone
Victory for Biden or Trump will depend on who loses the fewest undecided, apathetic or alienated voters
Remembering Australian film and TV great Michael Jenkins, creator of ‘Scales of Justice’ and ‘Blue Murder’, and the Ned Kelly film that got away
The parent’s dilemma of helping their children become independent while not wanting to let them go
The persistence of memory: Gabriel García Márquez’s ‘Until August’
The decision to posthumously publish the Colombian master’s final novel, written while suffering dementia, is vindicated by its qualities
Heady metal: Einstürzende Neubauten’s ‘Rampen: apm (alien pop music)’
Forty-four years on, the German experimentalists continue to forge an unconventional path, delivering a double album of works improvised on tour
The quirk and the dead: ‘La Chimera’ and ‘Perfect Days’
Alice Rohrwacher’s tale of love and graverobbery is transcendent, while Wim Wenders delivers a steady, meditative film from the Tokyo streets
Jonathan Lethem’s ‘Brooklyn Crime Novel’
The American author of ’70s New York classic ‘The Fortress of Solitude’ reckons with changes in ideas around identity and authenticity
Netflix’s adaptation of Liu Cixin’s hard sci-fi novel, from the creators of ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘True Blood’, is sentimentalised but easily digestible
The author pays tribute to those who have committed ‘unhistoric acts’ that have made good in her world
The stabbing of a TikTok bishop
Counter-terrorism expert and Lowy Institute fellow Lydia Khalill, on the attack, whether it was an act of terrorism and how we can do more to prevent extremism.
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GUEST Lydia Khalil
Grace Tame is not a cat, she’s autistic
Former Australian of the Year and contributor to The Saturday Paper, Grace Tame, on Australia’s first attempt at a national autism strategy – and why we must get it right.
HOST Ashlynne McGhee
GUEST Grace Tame
Can Channel Seven survive the Lehrmann verdict?
Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton, on who emerges from the wreckage of one of the most dramatic defamation cases we’ve seen in years.
HOST Ashlynne McGhee
GUEST Rick Morton