Politics
‘Things that never were: Contradictions in the 2019 federal election' by Dennis Altman
by Dennis Altman •
In retrospect, the Morrison government’s win in May 2019 is not surprising. After the shift to the right in a number of liberal democracies since the election of Donald Trump, why did we assume that Australia would be immune? The assumption that Labor was certain to win resembled the attitude of most commentators towards Hillary Clinton ...
... (read more)Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Régime to the present day by Sheri Berman
by Rémy Davison •
A Thousand Small Sanities: The moral adventure of liberalism by Adam Gopnik
by Russell Blackford •
Permanent Revolution: The reformation and the illiberal roots of liberalism by James Simpson
by Paul Giles •
Australia remains alone among the settler colonies for its lack of treaties with First Nations. This is despite the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have been calling for a treaty for decades – since at least the 1970s and then more forcefully during the Treaty ’88 Campaign ...
... (read more)Plots And Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension by Niki Savva
by Paul D. Williams •
Dead Right: How neoliberalism ate itself and what comes next by Richard Denniss
by Rubik Roy •
Tired of Winning: A chronicle of American decline by Richard Cooke
by Varun Ghosh •
The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and world order by Hal Brands and Charles Edel
by Rémy Davison •