Quarterly Essay 79: The End of Certainty: Scott Morrison and Pandemic Politics by Katharine Murphy

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What has the coronavirus pandemic revealed about Scott Morrison, and where is he taking Australia? Epidemics are mirrors. What has COVID-19 revealed about Australia, and about Scott Morrison and his government? In this gripping essay, Katharine Murphy goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the res ponse to the crisis. Drawing on interviews with Morrison, Brendan Murphy, Josh Frydenberg, Sally McManus and other players, she traces how the key health and economic decisions were taken. Her account is twinned with a portrait of the prime minister. She explores his blend of pragmatism and faith, and shows how a leader characterised by secrecy and fierce certainty learnt to compromise and reach out – with notable exceptions. Now, as the nation turns inwards and unemployment rises, our faith in government is about to be tested anew. What does “We’re all in this together” truly mean? Will Morrison snap back to Liberal hardman, or will he redefine centre-right politics in this country? “Morrison’s a partisan, blue team to the core, but his political philosophy is hard to pin down, because it is predominantly trouble-shooting. By instinct, Morrison is a power player and a populist, not a philosopher; a repairer of walls, not a writer of manifestos … [his] conservatism is extreme pragmatism in defence of what he regards as the core of the nation.” —Katharine Murphy, The End of Certainty ...Show more

The Monthly Magazine

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The Monthly is one of Australia’s boldest voices, providing enlightening commentary and vigorous, at times controversial, debate on the issues that affect the nation. Home to our finest thinkers, journalists and critics, including David Marr, Helen Garner, Don Watson and Anna Goldsw orthy, the magazine offers a mix of investigative reportage, critical essays and thoughtful reviews.   The Monthly is published in multiple formats: print magazine, iPad, iPhone and Android apps, ebook and online. It was named winner of the General Interest category at the 2015 Australian Magazine Awards.   An independent voice in Australian media, the Monthly is essential reading for anyone who is seeking deep engagement with national politics, society and culture. ...Show more

AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW

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Mardi Gras 2018: 40th Anniversary – Party or Protest by ABC

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To mark four decades of dazzling defiance, ABC Magazines has partnered with Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to produce a beautiful book-style magazine to commemorate the internationally renowned pride festival’s 40th birthday.  The Mardi Gras 40th Anniversary Magazine explores an extraordi nary range of stories from Australia’s LGBTQI community. As well as stunning images from the parade, the magazine presents features by and about icons including, Benjamin Law, David Marr, Julie McCrossin, Ian Roberts, Matthew Mitcham, Paul Mac, Allan Clarke, Senator Penny Wong, Simon Hunt (Pauline Pantsdown), Jordan Raskopoulos and more. With a focus on honouring the generations who have contributed to Mardi Gras, the magazine shares stories from the ‘78ers’ who marched in that first fateful parade, alongside work by young or emerging LGBTQI writers, such as Mununjali poet Ellen van Neerven, writer and trans activist Liz Duck-Chong, campaigner Sally Rugg, and those raised in LGBTQI families. A coffee table keepsake for long after the glitter has washed off. For every copy sold, $2 will be donated to the SGLMG Grants Scheme. The grants are distributed to non-profit groups who are impacting the LGBTQI community, particularly regional Australia. ...Show more

Dumbo Feather #65 - November

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Dumbo Feather Issue 63

Vault Magazine

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Quarterly Essay 77: Cry Me a River, The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin by Margaret Simons by Margaret Simons

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The Murray-Darling Basin is the food bowl of Australia, and it's in trouble. What does this mean for the future - for water and food, and for the people and towns that depend on it? In this Quarterly Essay, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the basin, all the way from Queensland to South Australia. She shows that its plight is environmental but also economic, and enmeshed in ideology and identity. Her essay is both a portrait of the Murray-Darling Basin and an explanation of its woes. It looks at rural Australia and the failure of political processes over the last few generations to meet the needs of communities forced to bear the heaviest burden of change. It considers corruption and resource politics, drought and climate change.   ...Show more

The Lifted Brow

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An adaptation of Nic Holas' Brow Talk about how far we have come in depathologising but not depoliticising our sex lives, guest edited by TLB founder Ronnie Scott; Georgia Mill elucidates the invisible but entrenched barriers to queer parenthood in Australia; An exploratory essay from Tess Pearson that pieces together language and the body after pregnancy; Kate Scardifield with an experimental essay on limbs, detachment, and the instinct to collect and categorise; Aurora Scott with a lyric essay on islands, rocks, isolation and attention; Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn writing on breaking the silence in the mining industry and why it is so hard to be heard; an excerpt from Eloise Grills' upcoming Brow Books publication big beautiful female theory; Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, translated by Erin Goodman, with a story that peers through the screen and finds the other side wanting—plus an interview between author and translator on work, intimacy, and the soundtrack to it all; punchy dystopic fiction from Kang Young-Sook, translated by Janet Hong, on contagion and the bonds that hold us. Poetry from Rosmarie Waldrop, Georgia Kartas, Panda Wong, and Jason Phu. Columns including Antonia Pont’s tour-de-force ‘Thinking Feeling’ column about the ethics and micro-dynamics of leadership; Jana Perković’s column ‘The Critic’ reflects on Exit Strategies, and the complex work of leaving; and Benjamin Law and his mum Jenny Phang’s famous ‘Law School’ sex+relationships advice column. ‘By Numbers’ feature by Panda Wong that uses numerical data to investigate the world of trees. New comics and visual art from Anya Davidson, Wakana Yamazaki, Mary Leunig, Can Yalcinkaya, Ashley Ronning, Angelica Roache-Wilson, Humyara Mahbub, Shae San Sim, Emma Davidson, Zane Zlemeša, Ben Constantine, Emilie, Walsh Christine Obst, Tom Groenestyn, and Oscar Nimmo. ...Show more

Australia 2020 Betoota Advocate by The Betoota Advocate

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From the heart of the Western Queensland Channel Country, Australia's oldest and favourite newspaper details our country's very rocky start to a new decade that was supposed to be one of great optimism and innovation. 2020 was meant to be our year of healing. A time to tend to the wounds of a country t orn asunder by a decade of divisive political and media debates. A lack of confidence in the international sporting arena. A 24-hour news cycle that has destroyed the pub test.We thought all of the uncertainty was behind us. The federal election delivered us Scotty from Marketing. The Quiet Australian spoke up. Gay marriage? Yep. Climate change? Let's wait and see what happens. Smudge and Warner had served their time and, together as a nation, it was time to rebuild.But fate had other plans, starting with the worst bushfires in human memory. While large swathes of the country burned, our politicians were either on holidays or giving their mates grants to build indoor pools in blue-ribbon seats. Surely, it couldn't get worse. 'ken oath it could. Mother nature arrived as COVID-19, and told us all to go to our rooms. ...Show more

Too Short Stories

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The Canary Press Story Magazine

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Breach (Visible Ink *28) by TIFFANY DOENSEN SANN

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Visible Ink is an annual anthology promoting emerging Australian writers and artists. Produced and published by a collective of RMIT students, Visible Ink was established in 1989 by the Professional Writing and Editing program and now encompasses a broad range of talented students that ar e committed to curating Australia’s creative best.   ...Show more