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#MeToo insurance? Protection offered for accused Australian musicians

The ramifications of Me Too are being felt in an extremely un-rock ’n’ roll way — insurance. But what happens when Australia’s defamation laws stand in the way of community safety and ultimately, justice?

The future of Australian streaming? Look to the US.

It's a fight for survival in the world of streaming, and these major takeover deals will determine who comes out on top.

Rundle: like smoke vanishing in the late autumn air

Guy Rundle salvages what he can from the now-gone Checkerboard Tobacco and Book Exchange in Windsor, Melbourne.

Razer: David Graeber cuts through the bullshit

Next to academic David Graeber, Jordan Peterson is a xerox of Malcolm Gladwell’s rejected TED talk notes on the topic of “Chicks: they’re just like that”

Rundle: Philip Roth wanders in St. Peter's office ...

The "last American vitalist" pays a visit to the pearly gates to explain what all the obituaries are getting wrong about him.

Marngrook at the MCG: the hope and conflict of the AFL's Indigenous round

The Indigenous round is an important gesture but, even in the celebration, we can't escape the politics of the surrounds.

Rundle: how May 1968 tricked the world into thinking Marxism was finished

The May 1968 uprisings sprang in part from one big question: what had happened to Marx's revolutionary working class?

How the media oversimplified the Margaret River murders

There was the "good bloke" narrative simplification, of course. But reactions against this "good bloke" narrative produced an equal and opposite simplification.

Sacred Cows: a controversial trailblazer for Australian strangeness

Ray Lawrence's Bliss certainly caused a stir at its release, but did it ever get the credit it deserves in the canon of Australian film?

The krude yet kreative legacy of Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe will be remembered as one of the pioneers of "New Journalism", but how did this journalism age and where does it stand today?