By Max Opray in The Saturday Paper Every January, divers plunge into the still waters off Port Victoria in South Australia carrying spear guns and competing to be crowned that year’s Butterfish King. The contest represents a continuation of the spearfishing traditions of the Narungga people, known as “the butterfish…

By Bri Lee in The Saturday Paper This week it emerged that Andrew Laming used his staff to send out correspondence to the non-profit advocacy organisation Older Women’s Network NSW, warning them that a Facebook post they had shared from October was potentially defamatory. If they did not remove the…

By Shaad D'Souza in The Saturday Paper ABBA’s best songs have always captured the business, pleasure and pain of being ABBA. …

By Tim Costello in The Saturday Paper Back in 1997, when Crown casino opened its massive Southbank “entertainment centre”, I was possibly its best-known public critic. Neil Mitchell invited me to take a walk around the gleaming new palace and then drop in for a chat at the 3AW studio…

By Oscar Schwartz in The Monthly Maggie Nelson’s essay collection argues against the false binary of freedom and obligation Maggie Nelson is frustrated with how we talk about freedom. Or more specifically, she’s frustrated with how we define it in opposition to obligation, as if they’re contradictory. If freedom means…

By Mark Pesce in The Saturday Paper Ever since the internet’s big-bang moment, archivists have struggled to keep up with its burgeoning content. It’s time to change the rules. Twenty-eight years ago this month, I got onto the world wide web. First among my friends — and among the first…

By Nick Feik in The Monthly Australian governments are committed to action on climate change. They have always been committed to action on climate change. On June 30, the Liberal and National parties released a new policy document, The Climate Challenge, “detailing a framework for positive action”. And it was…

By Nyadol Nyuon in The Saturday Paper Our African Roots, a documentary by journalist, filmmaker and author Santilla Chingaipe, presents a part of Australia’s history that remained largely untold, unclaimed and erased. It attempts to tell a complex story about the presence of people of African heritage in Australia; or…

By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Saturday Paper In April, two extraordinary things happened. The first was a secret plot between the world’s biggest soccer clubs to establish a rebel European tournament, which would have effectively replaced the Champions League with a cartel. …