21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy by Lucinda Holdforth
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Category: Magazines | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater ...Show more
Towards Reproductive Justice by Ronli Sifris
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Category: Magazines | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned Roe v Wade, declaring that the American Constitution did not protect the right to abortion. Several US states immediately banned abortion, while others were quick to enact restrictive regulation. This decision sent shoc ...Show more
New Domino Theory: Does China really want to attack Australia? Australian Foreign Affairs 19 by Jonathan Pearlman
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The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines China's ultimate goals as an emerging superpower, including the extent of its territorial ambitions. New Domino Theory looks at Australia's place in China's long-term plans and at the threat - if any - that Beijing poses to Australian security, pol ...Show more
Dark Star: The Political Turning of Elon Musk: Jewish Quarterly 255 by Richard Cooke
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Elon Musk - head of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of Twitter - has become a neo-reactionary online troll. What has caused his troubling political transformation? This issue of The Jewish Quarterly explores the troubling political evolution of Elon Musk. In a captivating essay, Richard Cooke explores Musk's ...Show more
The Consultancy Conundrum: The Hollowing Out of the Public Sector by Andrew Jaspan, Lachlan Guselli
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Category: Magazines | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In mid-2023, Australia was rocked by a scandal surrounding the local affiliate of business management consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers. The crisis raised serious concerns about the role of consultancy and audit firms within our public service, and caused governments to re-evaluate their relationships ...Show more
Granta 165: Deutschland by Thomas Meeney (editor)
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Category: Magazines
Granta is a literary magazine founded in 1889. Read the best new fiction, poetry, photography, and essays by famous authors, Nobel winners and new voices.
The Lifted Brow
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Category: Magazines
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 ...Show more
What I Stand for Is What I Stand On (Penguin Green Ideas series) by Wendell Berry
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Category: Magazines | Series: Penguin Green Ideas
From the ravages of the global economy to the great pleasures of growing a garden, these powerful essays represent a heartfelt call for humankind to mend our broken relationship with the earth, and with each other.
Quarterly Essay 88: Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics by Katharine Murphy
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A portrait of a leader in the making, and a nation on the move. In this perceptive, compelling essay, Katharine Murphy offers a profile of Anthony Albanese in motion - a piece about character, the balance of forces, and the mood of the nation. Are Albanese and his party up for change? Are Australians u ...Show more
HEAT Series 3 Number 8
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Category: Magazines | Series: Heat Ser.
First published in 1996, HEAT is a literary magazine dedicated to publishing essays, stories, and poetry by Australian and overseas writers of the highest quality. Recent contributors include Eda Gunaydin, Noémi Lefebvre, Gareth Morgan, Jenny Erpenbeck, Oliver Driscoll, Mary Jean Chan, Amitava Kumar, Fi ...Show more