If you’re not Indigenous,what’s in the Voice for you? Plenty

If you’re not Indigenous,what’s in the Voice for you? Plenty

As a nation,we are diminished without appreciating the contributions and perspectives of Australia’s First Peoples. We need not be.

  • byJacqueline Maley

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The mysterious absence of George Orwell’s first wife

The mysterious absence of George Orwell’s first wife

Anna Funder’s new book goes in search of the woman,Eileen Blair,who played such a huge part in Orwell’s life before her premature death.

  • byBeejay Silcox
A woman’s work:why the story of George Orwell’s forgotten first wife still matters

A woman’s work:why the story of George Orwell’s forgotten first wife still matters

When acclaimed writer Anna Funder discovered how the “brilliant” Eileen Blair was rendered invisible by wedlock,she felt an unexpected connection.

  • byAmanda Hooton
‘Dutton’s doublespeak’:The opposition leader should read Animal Farm

‘Dutton’s doublespeak’:The opposition leader should read Animal Farm

The opposition leader has totally misread the writings of George Orwell in his arguments against the Voice.

If Dutton thinks Orwell’s animals would oppose the Voice,then pigs can fly

If Dutton thinks Orwell’s animals would oppose the Voice,then pigs can fly

In the long and lamentable competition for interpreting George Orwell’s sayings to mean the opposite of what he intended,Peter Dutton is awarded Animal Hero First Class.

  • byDennis Glover
Censoring Roald Dahl:the plot-twist even Orwell didn’t think of

Censoring Roald Dahl:the plot-twist even Orwell didn’t think of

In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four,George Orwell created a world where history was ‘rectified’ to suit political masters. Sound familiar?

  • byDennis Glover
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The death sentence:bureaucratic gobbledygook is killing our language
Opinion
Literature

The death sentence:bureaucratic gobbledygook is killing our language

I’m sure the statement meant something to someone in the council. But the rest of us were left to guess what on earth the speaker was trying to say.

  • byWarwick McFadyen
A blind trust? Certainly,the government is keeping voters blind as to Porter’s secret donors

A blind trust? Certainly,the government is keeping voters blind as to Porter’s secret donors

Trust in government,meanwhile,is taking a battering - and Christian Porter’s Liberal colleagues know it.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Can dobbers be cobbers? Tony Abbott’s COVID informer raises questions about the Australian way

Can dobbers be cobbers? Tony Abbott’s COVID informer raises questions about the Australian way

Once it was a no-no to dob. We live in more ambiguous times.

  • bySheila Fitzpatrick
George Orwell,me and the longest suicide note in Labor history
Opinion
ALP

George Orwell,me and the longest suicide note in Labor history

After Labor’s drubbing in the 2019 election,I was drafted to help rewrite its policy platform. Here’s how it happened.

  • byDennis Glover
Community support Jews targeted over Israel’s conflict with Gaza

Community support Jews targeted over Israel’s conflict with Gaza

Anti-semitic reaction in Australia to renewed hostilities has been less vocal than in other parts of the world but it is still a cause for concern.

  • byRalph Genende