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Inside Morrison’s pre-election appointments

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the final days of a Government, before an election is called, last-minute appointments are often made. Last week, the Morrison government made 19 o...

The Vote: Who is Anthony Albanese?

11 Apr 2022

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With an election called, Labor leader Anthony Albanese has six weeks to convince Australia he would make a better prime minister than Scott Morrison. ...

The Vote: Who is Scott Morrison?

10 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After years in public life, Scott Morrison can still seem hollow and one-dimensional. According to his biographer, this is deliberate. But with the el...

The Liberal Party turns on Scott Morrison

07 Apr 2022

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With the countdown to the federal election on, both sides of politics are attempting to shore up internal support and reassure voters. Labor is still...

Introducing 'The Politics Podcast': a new daily podcast

07 Apr 2022

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From The Monthly and LiSTNR comes The Politics Podcast, a new daily podcast that cuts through the noise and delivers you the in-depth analysis of the ...

Is there anything we can do about surging Covid-19 cases?

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Across the country, COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise. Yesterday, NSW recorded more than 24,000 new cases and in Victoria there were more than 12...

The true story of how Scott Morrison got to parliament

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fifteen years after winning the safe seat of Cook, the true story of Scott Morrison’s ugly preselection fight can now be revealed. For the first tim...

The killing of Ann Marie Smith

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ann Marie Smith died from staggering neglect in her Adelaide home. Her carer was sentenced for manslaughter, but many in the Disability community beli...

The outsiders who could dominate the election

03 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More than in any other election, next month’s poll will feature a defining number of independent candidates. They represent a new, well-organised re...

Morrison’s counterfeit carbon economy

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Australia's pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions relies in part on the success of the federal government’s carbon market. But explosive clai...

The abusers hiding their money in super

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of the ways survivors of child sexual abuse or violent crime can seek redress is through compensation. But, at that point, some discover that the...

Budget ‘22: All hat, no rabbit

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last night, Josh Frydenberg delivered his last budget before the Morrison government goes to the polls. It was a pitch to voters worried about the cos...

How the war in Ukraine will end

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the war in Ukraine enters its second month, it’s clear that a swift and easy victory for Russia was never a possibility. Russian forces are now ...

The teen who sued for climate action

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, the federal court found the environment minister has a duty of care to young Australians when making decisions regarding climate change. Th...

The death of Kimberley Kitching

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The death of Labor senator Kimberley Kitching has ignited claims of bullying within the party. Meanwhile, heavy losses for the Liberals in the South ...

Why Angus Taylor tanked Australia’s carbon market

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A few weeks ago, Energy Minister Angus Taylor made changes to the Australian carbon market that crashed the value of government-issued carbon credits....

The day Morrison went silent

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As further details emerge about the federal response to the flood crisis in Northern NSW, it has become clear that the government did not send troops ...

Sarah Krasnostein on Australia’s mental health crisis

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For a long time, we’ve known Australia’s mental health system is overwhelmed and under-resourced. As a result, those who need help can end up tra...

Scott Morrison’s economic lies

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The federal government frames itself as the responsible economic manager. But many of the claims it makes about the economy do not stack up. The gover...

The Weekend Read: Richard Cooke on NFTs and digital art

19 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, writer Richard Cooke will be reading his story from the latest edition of The Monthly.It’s called ‘Market of the apes: NFTs and digital art...

The Albanese glow-up

17 Mar 2022

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As an election inches closer, both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese are seeking to define their public images. For Alb...

Understanding the Zachary Rolfe verdict

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In November 2019, a 19-year-old Walpiri man, Kumanjayi Walker, was killed by Northern Territory police constable Zachary Rolfe. It happened during an...

‘Where was the help?’: The Northern Rivers flood rescues

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Almost two weeks on from the catastrophic flooding on the east coast of Australia, residents have begun the slow process of rebuilding their lives. Bu...

The empty plan to end violence against women

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past year, there’s been pressure on the Morrison government to step up and take significant action on women’s safety, as rates of sexual ...

Keeping up with Jacqui Lambie

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie entered politics - via a housing commission, the army and eventually Clive Palmer - her speeches on Sharia law, a...

Is Scott Morrison about to be toppled?

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the federal government has faced anger, outrage, and criticism over its response to the catastrophic floods in Queensland and NSW.  And P...

The end of public housing in Australia

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

All across the country, waitlists for public housing are on the rise.In NSW alone, there are more than 50,000 families in need of affordable housing. ...

The Russia-Ukraine war fakes

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Right now, much of Ukraine is in the cross hairs of war. Russian troops continue to descend on the country, and shelling is intensifying near the capi...

Why no one’s calling Angus Taylor

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Across Australia, energy companies are beginning to realise they need to rely less on fossil fuels, and redirect their strategy to renewables and gree...

Will house prices ever crash?

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For decades, house prices in Australia have been accelerating - surpassing expectations, and defying every prediction of a crash. The pandemic has do...

Floods, war and the PM’s Covid-19 diagnosis

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, record breaking floods in Queensland and New South Wales have left thousands of homes decimated, with tens of thousands of residents forced...

Morrison's plan to deport thousands of migrants

02 Mar 2022

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Since the last election, the federal government has deported more than 4,000 non-citizens from Australia.Many of those people have been in Australia a...

The bill that could end class actions

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Class action lawsuits are one of the only ways ordinary people can get justice and compensation if they’ve been mistreated by powerful corporations ...

Why Putin is risking it all on Ukraine

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the last 48 hours thousands of Ukrainians have fled their homeland and crossed into neighbouring Poland, seeking refuge from war and invasion. But ...

The end of Covid restrictions_Final_FinalFinal

27 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

All over the world countries are winding back, and in some cases completely removing their pandemic restrictions, and Australia is following suit.Vict...

Russia moves on Ukraine, plus how prepared is Scott Morrison for conflict?

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has launched a military operation in Ukraine. Today, we cover the latest in Ukraine conflict and the political deb...

The real cause of Australia's mental health crisis

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lockdowns and ongoing concern about the pandemic have led to a significant spike in the number of Australians experiencing mental health issues.But wh...

What happened to the Greens?

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Climate change might be one of the biggest political issues on the agenda for the upcoming federal election, but the party most associated with enviro...

'The New Cold War' Part Two: The US vs China

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In recent months senior Australian politicians have talked openly about a potential military conflict with China over Taiwan.The increasingly tense rh...

'The New Cold War' Part One: The US vs Russia

20 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For months, Russian troops have been amassing along the Ukrainian border. While in recent days some of those troops have begun withdrawing, officials...

Scott Morrison hits the panic button

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the government trailing in the opinion polls, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has attempted to improve his image - first, by inviting Channel 9 cam...

The trial of Zachary Rolfe

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2019 a Northern Territory police constable, Zachary Rolfe, shot a 19-year-old Walpiri man, Kumanjayi Walker, in a remote community in the Northern ...

The High Court case that could change your job

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Companies like Uber and Airtasker have transformed the so-called ‘gig economy’ by hiring thousands of workers as independent contractors, rather t...

The revolt over the Religious Discrimination Bill

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More than three years ago, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison made an election promise to pass new laws protecting people of faith from discrimination....

The revolution will be electrified

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Australia has long been considered an international pariah on climate policy. Governments on both sides have regularly been criticised for failing to ...

The Culture: Are Joe Rogan and Spotify too big to cancel?

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Rogan hosts one of the world’s most popular podcasts, regularly listened to by over 10 million people. But after interviewing a notorious anti-v...

When Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins came to Canberra

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday Prime Minister Scott Morrison formally apologised to all those who have experienced sexual harassment, assault or bullying while working in...

The power struggle threatening Scott Morrison’s re-election

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Time is running out for the Liberal Party to select candidates in a number of key seats, ahead of the federal election.The process should have finishe...

The dark money funding politics

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Every year millions of dollars flows into the bank accounts of Australia's political parties - from individuals, businesses and unions.But loopholes a...

Morrison's Covid hotline sting

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Right now, if you contract Covid-19, the federal government’s advice is to contact the national coronavirus helpline. The hotline is supposed to di...

Australia’s largest new fossil fuel project

06 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Right now, in Western Australia, plans are underway to build Australia’s largest new fossil fuel project.If built, Woodside’s Scarborough gas plan...

The Weekend Read: ‘The first victim’

05 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Gina Rushton’s latest story for The Monthly magazine, ‘The first victim’ is voiced by Lucy Moir. The piece explores how victims of sexua...

The Culture: How TikTok transformed indie darling Mitski

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Indie music icon Mitski had already released five albums and received critical acclaim before her 2018 song ‘Nobody’ blew up on TikTok. On her ne...

Bread, circuses and the ‘psycho’ text about the PM

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressed the National Press Club in Canberra this week, hoping to reset his relationship with the public ahead of the f...

Inside Australia’s hottest prison

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fifteen hundred kilometres north of Perth, inmates at the Roebourne Regional Prison are exposed to some of the hottest temperatures in the country. R...

‘The largest invasion since World War Two’

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As Russia amasses troops on the border of Ukraine, speculation is mounting over whether the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, plans to invade the...

What going back to school actually looks like

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week children across NSW and Victoria are finally going back to school.Lockdowns and school closures have meant that many children have spent the...

The real crisis inside our hospitals

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Even though the worst case projections of the Omicron wave haven’t yet been realised, Australia’s health system is still buckling under the pressu...

The Culture: Why everyone is addicted to Wordle

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Culture is back for 2022! And to start things off, we’re putting the magnifying glass over a game that has taken the internet by storm.With no p...

What to expect this election year

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This year Australians will head to the polls and cast their judgement on the performance of the federal government.The Coalition has been in power for...

The week the world saw Australia's cruelty

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic arrived in Australia earlier this month, he intended to defend his title at the Australian Open.Ins...

Four men and a beach umbrella

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fifty years ago today a group of four Aboriginal men planted a beach umbrella on the lawns out the front of Parliament House, as part of a protest ove...

The cost of Australia’s shadow lockdown

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Right now most of Australia is living without restrictions, lockdowns or border closures.But with tens of thousands of people, including essential wor...

Our hot Omicron summer

23 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After nearly two years of lockdowns and border closures there was hope that this summer things might be different in Australia. But then, Omicron hit....

The Weekend Read highlights: Bri Lee on consent and sex education

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Author and activist Bri Lee regularly runs workshops on consent and sex in schools.She writes about those workshops in the context of a growing nation...

The Weekend Read highlights: Sarah Krasnostein on the most hated man

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Sarah Krasnostein, the best-selling author of ‘The Trauma Cleaner’, reads her essay from The Monthly. It’s called ‘The most hated man’...

The Culture: The best TV shows of 2021

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s another special bonus summer episode of The Culture! On this episode of The Culture, author and The Saturday Paper’s TV critic Sarah Krasnost...

The Weekend Read highlights: Scott Ludlam on Julian Assange

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Scott Ludlam, ICAN ambassador and former Australian Greens Senator, reads his cover essay from the latest issue of The Monthly.It’s called ‘...

The Culture: The best films of 2021

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this special bonus summer episode of The Culture, we’re talking the best of films in 2021. It was a great year for movies, and there’s plenty o...

The Culture: Paul Kelly on the enduring popularity of ‘How to Make Gravy’

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty five years ago Paul Kelly, one of Australia’s greatest songwriters, released ‘How To Make Gravy’, a song that has since become a staple a...

The Sound of 2021

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Capitol riots, the Delta strain, sexual assault allegations rocking Parliament, the war in Gaza, the Olympics, COP26 and humanity’s last chance, the...

Australia detained him, but these Australians are trying to set him free

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For more than ten years hundreds of people seeking asylum in Australia have been detained on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.The Australian...

Scott Morrison vs. the Liberal Party

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When Gladys Berejiklian spectacularly resigned as Premier of NSW, most people expected that would be the end of her political career.But then she was ...

The scientist who saved your life

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Covid-19 pandemic has been one of the most disruptive and devastating events in recent history.But it also led to a series of incredible scientifi...

How the fossil fuel industry is gaslighting Australia

12 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Australia has largely fallen behind the rest of the world when it comes to action on climate change. Even our closest allies regularly criticise our g...

The Weekend Read: Mark McKenna on ‘The Stunted Country’

11 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Mark McKenna, professor of history at the University of Sydney, will be reading his piece from the latest edition of The Monthly.It's called 'T...

The Culture - ‘The French Dispatch’ and the whimsical world of Wes Anderson

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wes Anderson is back with this 10th feature film, ‘The French Dispatch’, his take on a fictional magazine reporting from France to an American aud...

Scott Morrison prepares for the fight of his life

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As 2021 comes to an end, most of us are winding down. But in Canberra, the contest is just beginning. With an election on the horizon, both the Prime...

The mystery of the vanishing Christmas beetles

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Every year, in the lead up to Christmas, thousands and thousands of native flying insects, known as Christmas beetles, would emerge from the soil and ...

The toxic culture in Parliament House

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A new report released by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner has revealed a toxic workplace culture in Parliament House, with nearly half of the women...

The independent insurgency threatening the Liberals

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Traditionally the Liberal Party’s biggest threat at federal elections is the Labor Party. But this time they’re facing an insurgency in their hear...

A spy scandal and a secret trial

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For the past three years one of the most secretive court cases in Australia has been taking place in Canberra.The former attorney-general for the ACT,...

The Culture: How Virgil Abloh transformed fashion, music and art

04 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the art world lost an icon and a visionary. The fashion designer, Virgil Abloh, passed away at the age of 41, two years after being diagnose...

Parliament ends in disunity and disarray

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, two of the nation's most high profile politicians have announced that they will be quitting politics.The departure of the Health Minister G...

The proposed law that could legalise discrimination

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the lead up to the last federal election Scott Morrison promised he would introduce new laws to protect religious freedoms. Now the federal govern...

Are rich countries to blame for Omicron?

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For months scientists have been warning us that if global vaccination rates didn’t lift - new, potentially more dangerous strains of Covid-19 could ...

The takeover of a green energy company by an oil giant

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Powershop was one of Australia’s fastest growing energy companies. It’s investment in renewables and political advocacy for climate change action ...

The disappearance of a Chinese tennis star

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this month, Peng Shuai, one of China’s most successful tennis stars posted a statement on social media, detailing allegations of sexual hara...

The Culture: Could this season of ‘The Bachelorette’ change reality TV for the better?

27 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most interesting seasons of ‘The Bachelorette’ has just wrapped up. After a sustained drop in ratings, the show’s producers announced...

How Pauline Hanson fractured the Coalition

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the parliamentary year enters its final fortnight, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing a political crisis.The Coalition government has fracture...

Inside Australia’s most dangerous hotel

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As Australia wraps up its hotel quarantine program, one group of people will remain confined in hotel rooms indefinitely: people seeking asylum.For th...

The historic reforms to sexual consent laws

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday, the NSW Parliament passed historic reforms to sexual consent laws.During the parliamentary debate one MP thanked survivor and campaigner S...

The towns the pandemic just hit

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Northern Territory managed to only record a handful of cases and avoided any deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic, but now the NT is on the brink o...

Is there still hope for the planet after COP26?

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was seen as the world’s ‘last best chance’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees and avoid catastrophic cli...

The Culture: How Taylor Swift won by taking control of the narrative

20 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last week Taylor Swift re-released one of her most critically acclaimed albums, Red. The re-recording is the result of a complicated financial and leg...

The Liberal MP abandoning Scott Morrison

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The federal Coalition government holds office by the barest of margins - just one seat. That means at the next election, due in the first half of nex...

Death threats and nooses: How a pandemic bill sparked far-right protests

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everyday for the past week hundreds of protesters have camped outside the Victorian Parliament, protesting a new bill that would extend the state’s ...

Scott Morrison’s secret climate weapon

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The federal government has finally released the modelling underpinning its plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050.According to the Prime Minister, t...

The politicians suing voters

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Australia has become well known as the defamation capital of the world, with many high profile figures regularly, and successfully, suing media outlet...

Who is Scott Morrison, really?

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the next federal election approaches, the question of whether the Prime Minister Scott Morrison can pull off another ‘miracle’ win looms large....