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?

One of the most consequential political shifts of 2022 was the election of several ‘teal’ independent candidates to the federal parliament. The teals were mostly professional women who ran in traditionally Liberal-held seats, and campaigned on climate, integrity, and equality. Their election en masse was a shock to the Liberal party, and could herald a more permanent shift away from the ...

Evie Wyld writes dark and often trauma-informed books, but she also has a remarkable capacity to capture the tenderness of memory. Her novels have been a critical and commercial success, with her second, All The Birds Singing, winning the Miles Franklin and her third, The Bass Rock, taking home the 2021 Stella Prize. This week, Michael sits down with Evie for a conversation about her latest ...

Dec 1, 2024 · There was something frenzied about Senator Lidia Thorpe’s performance at the reception for King Charles III in Parliament House, and it was not Senator Thorpe. For the Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung politician, the display was predictable – you could set your watch to it. Thorpe’s interjections were not revelatory or novel, despite the columns of fawning progressive sentiment about ...

Science and technology. The people who mistook their lives for an app. Anna Krien

Dec 1, 2024 · Riding the boundary line between personal reflection, fiction and journalism has long been a feature of Helen Garner’s work, to great effect. She is one of our most honest authors, always willing to share, to lay herself bare to make sense of the story she’s telling. One of the most wrenching moments in her 2014 book on the Robert Farquharson court case, This House of Grief, came when ...

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For our last show of 2024, Michael heads back to Fitzroy Pool to find out what people are reading as the weather warms up. Plus, some of our previous guests offer book recommendations for the summer holidays.

Running a school requires constant decision-making and communication with students and staff, and with those far from the drop-off zone