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Quarterly Essay 62: Firing Line: Australia and the Path to War by James Brown
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Quarterly Essay
"Going to war may be the gravest decision a nation and its leaders make. At the moment, Australia is at war with the Islamic State. We also live in a region that has become much more volatile, as China asserts itself and America seeks to hold the line. What is it like to go to war? How do we decide to g ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 63: Enemy Within American Politics in the Time of Trump by Don Watson
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Category: History | Series: Quarterly Essay
In Enemy Within, Don Watson takes a memorable journey into the heart of the United States in the year 2016 - and the strangest election campaign that country has seen. Travelling in the Midwest, Watson reflects on the rise of Donald Trump and the "thicket of unreality" that is the American media. Behin ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 64: The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming by Stan Grant
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Quarterly Essay
In Quarterly Essay 64, Stan Grant takes a deep and passionate look at Indigenous futures, in particular the fraught question of remote communities. Moving beyond simplistic talk of "lifestyle choices," Grant explores what makes for a sustainable community and life, and then asks- what can we do to insti ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 65: The White Queen, One Nation and the Politics of Race by David Marr
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Category: History | Series: Quarterly Essay
Most Australians despise what Pauline Hanson stands for, yet politics in this country is now orbiting around One Nation. In this timely Quarterly Essay, David Marr looks at Australia's politics of fear, resentment and race. Who votes One Nation, and why? How much of this is due to inequality? How much ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 66: The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock by Anna Krien
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Category: Magazines & Journals | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In this vivid, urgent essay, Anna Krien explores the psychology and politics of a warming world. She visits the frontlines of Australia's climate wars - the Reef, the Galilee and Bowen basins, South Australia. She investigates the Adani mine, with its toxic politics and controversial economics. Talking ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 67 Moral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance, and The Safe Schools Scandal QE67 by Benjamin Law
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Category: Magazines & Journals | Series: Quarterly Essay
In 2016, the Safe Schools program became the focus of an ideological firestorm. In Moral Panic 101, Benjamin Law explores how and why this happened. He weaves a subtle, gripping account of schools today, sexuality, teenagers, new ideas of gender fluidity, media scandal and mental health.In this timely e ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 68: Without America: Australia in the New Asia by Hugh White
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Category: Magazines & Journals | Series: Quarterly Essay
America is fading, and China will soon be the dominant power in our region. What does this mean for Australia's future? In this controversial and urgent essay, Hugh White shows that the contest between America and China is classic power politics of the harshest kind. He argues that we are heading for a ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 69: Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future by Mark McKenna
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Category: History | Series: Quarterly Essay
In this inspiring essay, Mark McKenna considers the role of history in making and unmaking the nation. From Captain Cook to the frontier wars, from Australia Day to the Uluru Statement, we are seeing passionate debates and fresh recognitions. McKenna argues that it is time to move beyond the history war ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 70: Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next by Richard Denniss
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Category: History | Series: Quarterly Essay
How did the big banks get away with so much for so long? Why are so many aged-care residents malnourished? And when did arms manufacturers start sponsoring the Australian War Memorial? In this passionate essay, Richard Denniss explores what neoliberalism has done to Australian society. For decades, ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 71: Follow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman by Laura Tingle
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Category: History | Series: Quarterly Essay
In this crisp and timely essay, Laura Tingle examines political leadership in general - some profiles in courage, and cunning - as well as styles of leadership. She looks at Macron and Merkel, Keating and Obama.Tingle notes that leaders must command not only their country, but also their party. Where do ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 72: Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age by Sebastian Smee
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Category: Magazines & Journals | Series: QUARTERLY ESSAY 72 | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
What is the inner life? And is it vanishing in the digital age? Throughout history, artists and philosophers have cultivated the deep self, and seen value in solitudeand reflection. But today, through social media, wall-to-wall marketing, reality television and theagitation of modern life, everything f ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 73: Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation by Rebecca Huntley
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Category: Magazines & Journals | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
For some time, a majority of Australians have been saying they want change - on climate and energy, on housing and inequality, on corporate donations and their corrupting effect on democracy, to name just a few.Recent attention has focused on the angry, reactionary minority. But is there a progressive c ...Show more