Quarterly Essay, founded in 2001, is an Australian periodical published by Black Inc., concentrating primarily on Australian politics in a broad sense. Printed in a book-like page size and using a single-column format, each issue features a single extended essay of at least 20,000 words, with an introduction by the editor, and correspondence relating to essays in previous issues.
| Managing Editor | Chris Feik |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Schwartz Publishing |
| First issue | 2001 |
| Company | Black Inc. |
| Country | Australia |
| Website | quarterlyessay.com.au |
| ISSN | 1832-0953 |
In early 2004 founding editor Peter Craven was sacked by the magazine's owner, property developer Morry Schwartz, over a dispute about the joint authorship of one essay, and, more widely, the magazine's future direction. Schwartz stated that while he had a vision of the magazine as more "political and Australian" whereas Craven was perhaps "more broad and internationalist".[1]
Editions
edit| # | Author | Title | Published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Manne | "In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right" | April 2001 | |
| 2 | John Birmingham | "Appeasing Jakarta: Australia's complicity in the East Timor tragedy" | June 2001 | |
| 3 | Guy Rundle | "The Opportunist: John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction" | October 2001 | |
| 4 | Don Watson | "Rabbit syndrome: Australia and America" | December 2001 | |
| 5 | Mungo MacCallum | "Girt by Sea: Australia, the Refugees and the Politics of Fear" | March 2002 | |
| 6 | John Button | "Beyond belief: What future for Labor?" | August 2002 | |
| 7 | John Martinkus | "Paradise Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for Independence" | September 2002 | |
| 8 | Amanda Lohrey | "Groundswell: The Rise of the Greens" | November 2002 | |
| 9 | Tim Flannery | "Beautiful Lies: Population & Environment in Australia" | March 2003 | Review by Sue Bond, API Network[2] |
| 10 | Gideon Haigh | "Bad Company: The cult of the CEO" | June 2003 | |
| 11 | Germaine Greer | "Whitefella Jump Up: The Shortest Way to Nationhood" | August 2003 | Interview with ABC TV presenter Andrew Denton[3] Review by Mitchell Rolls, API Network[4] |
| 12 | David Malouf | "Made in England: Australia's British Inheritance" | November 2003 | |
| 13 | Robert Manne with David Corlett | "Sending Them Home: Refugees and the New Politics of Indifference." | December 2003 | |
| 14 | Paul McGeough | "Mission Impossible: The Sheikhs, the US and the future of Iraq" | June 2004 | |
| 15 | Margaret Simons | "Latham's World: The New Politics of the Outsiders" | September 2004 | |
| 16 | Raimond Gaita | "Breach of Trust: Truth, Morality and Politics" | December 2004 | Review – Quarterly Essay 16: Matilda by larrikin[5] |
| 17 | John Hirst | "Kangaroo Court: Family Law in Australia" | March 2005 | |
| 18 | Gail Bell | "The Worried Well: The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows" | June 2005 | Interview with ABC presenter Eleanor Hall[6] Interview with ABC presenter Richard Aedy[7] Review by Patrick Cullen in The Program[8] Response by Gordon Parker, Black Dog Institute[9] |
| 19 | Judith Brett | "Relaxed and Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia" | August 2005 | |
| 20 | John Birmingham | "A Time for War: Australia as a Military Power" | December 2005 | |
| 21 | Clive Hamilton | "What's Left? The Death of Social Democracy" | March 2006 | |
| 22 | Amanda Lohrey | "Voting for Jesus: Christianity and Politics in Australia" | June 2006 | |
| 23 | Inga Clendinnen | "The History Question: Who Owns The Past?" | September 2006 | Interview with ABC presenter Phillip Adams[10] Interview with ABC presenter Paul Barclay[11] |
| 24 | Robyn Davidson | "No Fixed Address: Nomads and the Fate of the Planet" | November 2006 | Review by Arthur Lucas, University of East Anglia[12] |
| 25 | Peter Hartcher | "Bipolar Nation: How To Win The 2007 Election" | March 2007 | |
| 26 | David Marr | "His Master's Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate under Howard " | May 2007 | Public debate, with ABC presenter Phillip Adams[13] Review – His Master's Voice[14] |
| 27 | Ian Lowe | "Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option" | September 2007 | |
| 28 | Judith Brett | "Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard" | December 2007 | |
| 29 | Anne Manne | "Love and Money: The Family and the Free Market" | March 2008 | |
| 30 | Paul Toohey | "Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention" | June 2008 | |
| 31 | Tim Flannery | "Now or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia?" | September 2008 | |
| 32 | Kate Jennings | "American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama" | November 2008 | |
| 33 | Guy Pearse | "Quarry Vision: Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom" | March 2009 | |
| 34 | Annabel Crabb | "Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull" | June 2009 | |
| 35 | Noel Pearson | "Radical Hope: Education and Equality in Australia" | September 2009 | |
| 36 | Mungo MacCallum | "Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country" | November 2009 | |
| 37 | Waleed Aly | "What's Right? The Future of Conservatism in Australia" | March 2010 | |
| 38 | David Marr | Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd | June 2010 | |
| 39 | Hugh White | "Power Shift: Australia's Future between Washington and Beijing" | August 2010 | |
| 40 | George Megalogenis | "Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era" | November 2010 | |
| 41 | David Malouf | "The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World" | March 2011 | |
| 42 | Judith Brett | "Fair Share: Country and City in Australia" | June 2011 | |
| 43 | Robert Manne | "Bad News: Murdoch's Australian and the shaping of the nation" | September 2011 | |
| 44 | Andrew Charlton | "Man-Made World: Choosing between progress and planet" | November 2011 | |
| 45 | Anna Krien | "Us & Them: On the Importance of Animals" | March 2012 | |
| 46 | Laura Tingle | "Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation" | June 2012 | |
| 47 | David Marr | "Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott" | September 2012 | |
| 48 | Tim Flannery | "After the Future: Australia's New Extinction Crisis" | November 2012 | |
| 49 | Mark Latham | "Not Dead Yet: Labor's Post-Left Future" | March 2013 | |
| 50 | Anna Goldsworthy | "Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny" | June 2013 | |
| 51 | David Marr | "The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell" | September 2013 | |
| 52 | Linda Jaivin | "Found in Translation: In Praise of a Plural World" | November 2013 | |
| 53 | Paul Toohey | "That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution" | March 2014 | |
| 54 | Andrew Charlton | "Dragon's Tail: The Lucky Country After the China Boom" | June 2014 | |
| 55 | Noel Pearson | "A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth" | September 2014 | |
| 56 | Guy Rundle | "Clivosaurus: The Politics of Clive Palmer" | November 2014 | |
| 57 | Karen Hitchcock | "Dear Life: On caring for the elderly" | March 2015 | |
| 58 | David Kilcullen | "Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State" | May 2015 | |
| 59 | David Marr | "Faction Man: Bill Shorten's path to power" | September 2015 | |
| 60 | Laura Tingle | "Political Amnesia: How We Forgot to Govern" | December 2015 | |
| 61 | George Megalogenis | "Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal" | February 2016 | |
| 62 | James Brown | "Firing Line: Australia's Path to War" | June 2016 | |
| 63 | Don Watson | "Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump" | September 2016 | |
| 64 | Stan Grant | "The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming" | November 2016 | |
| 65 | David Marr | "The White Queen: One Nation and the Politics of Race" | March 2017 | |
| 66 | Anna Krien | "The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock" | June 2017 | |
| 67 | Benjamin Law | "Moral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal"[15] | September 2017 | |
| 68 | Hugh White | "Without America: Australia in the New Asia"[16] | November 2017 | |
| 69 | Mark McKenna | "Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future"[17] | March 2018 | |
| 70 | Richard Denniss | "Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next"[18] | June 2018 | |
| 71 | Laura Tingle | "Follow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman"[19] | September 2018 | |
| 72 | Sebastian Smee | "Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age"[20] | November 2018 | |
| 73 | Rebecca Huntley | "Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation"[21] | March 2019 | |
| 74 | Erik Jensen | "The Prosperity Gospel: How Scott Morrison Won and Bill Shorten Lost"[22] | June 2019 | |
| 75 | Annabel Crabb | "Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap"[23] | September 2019 | |
| 76 | Peter Hartcher | "Red Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge"[24] | November 2019 | |
| 77 | Margaret Simons | "Cry Me a River: The Tragedy of the Murray–Darling Basin"[25] | March 2020 | |
| 78 | Judith Brett | "The Coal Curse: Resources, Climate and Australia's Future"[26] | June 2020 | |
| 79 | Katharine Murphy | "The End of Certainty: Scott Morrison and Pandemic Politics"[27] | September 2020 | |
| 80 | Laura Tingle | "The High Road: What Australia Can Learn From New Zealand"[28] | November 2020 | |
| 81 | Alan Finkel | "Getting to Zero: Australia's Energy Transition" | March 2021 | |
| 82 | George Megalogenis | "Exit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic" | June 2021 | |
| 83 | Lech Blaine | "Top Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power" | September 2021 | |
| 84 | Jess Hill | "The Reckoning: How #MeToo is Changing Australia" | November 2021 | |
| 85 | Sarah Krasnostein | "Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia" | March 2022 | |
| 86 | Hugh White | "Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America" | June 2022 | |
| 87 | Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens | "Uncivil Wars: How Contempt is Corroding Democracy" | September 2022 | |
| 88 | Katharine Murphy | "Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics" | November 2022 | |
| 89 | Saul Griffith | "The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal" | March 2023 | |
| 90 | Megan Davis | "Voice of Reason: On Recognition and Renewal" | June 2023 | |
| 91 | Micheline Lee | "Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS" | September 2023 | |
| 92 | Alan Kohler | "The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It" | November 2023 | |
| 93 | Lech Blaine | "Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics" | March 2024 | |
| 94 | Joelle Gergis | "Highway to Hell: Climate Change and Australia's Future" | June 2024 | |
| 95 | Don Watson | "High Noon: Trump, Harris and America on the Brink" | September 2024 | |
| 96 | George Megalogenis | "Minority Report: The New Shape of Australian Politics" | November 2024 |
References
edit- ^ "Showdown an essay in contrasts". The Age. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "API Network: Review: Quarterly Essay: Beautiful Lies. Population and Environment in Australia". 1 July 2007.[failed verification]
- ^ "Germaine Greer". Enough Rope. ABC TV. 15 September 2003.[dead link]
- ^ "API Network: Review: Quarterly Essay: Whitefella Jump Up". November 2003.[failed verification]
- ^ "Matilda – Quarterly Essay 16 – "Breach of Trust" by Raimond Gaita". 5 January 2005.
- ^ "ABC Radio – The World Today: Rise in anti-depressant use causes concern". 27 June 2005.
- ^ "ABC Radio – Life Matters: Response to Gail Bell – 'The Worried Well'". 30 June 2005.
- ^ "Australia Council's Community Partnerships & Market Development Division, The Program". 6 September 2005.
- ^ "Gordon Parker responds to Gail Bell's Quarterly Essay article 'The Worried Well'" (PDF). 15 September 2005.
- ^ "ABC Radio – Late Night Live: Inga Clendinnen: Who owns the past?". 25 January 2007.
- ^ "ABC Radio – Inga Clendinnen: How to teach our children". 3 November 2006.
- ^ "National Library of Australia review by Arthur Lucas". 5 January 2005.
- ^ "Late Night Live: Public Debate in Australia under Howard". 31 May 2007.
- ^ "Penguin Group (Australia) His Master's Voice: Quarterly Essay 26: The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard". 30 May 2007.
- ^ Law, Benjamin (11 September 2017). "Quarterly Essay 67: Moral Panic 101 – Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal". Readings. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ White, Hugh (November 2017). "Without America: Australia in the New Asia". Quarterly Essay. 68. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ McKenna, Mark (March 2018). "Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future". Quarterly Essay. 69. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Denniss, Richard (June 2018). "Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next". Quarterly Essay. 70. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Tingle, Laura (September 2018). "Follow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman". Quarterly Essay. 71. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Smee, Sebastian (November 2018). "Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age". Quarterly Essay. 72. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Huntley, Rebecca (17 September 2018). "Australia Fair". Quarterly Essay. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Jensen, Erik (19 December 2018). "The Prosperity Gospel". Quarterly Essay. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Crabb, Annabel (13 February 2019). "Men at Work". Quarterly Essay. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Hartcher, Peter (21 May 2019). "Red Flag". Quarterly Essay. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Simons, Margaret (23 March 2020). Cry me a river : the tragedy of the Murray-Darling basin. Carlton, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-76064-228-0. OCLC 1127547105.
- ^ Brett, Judith (22 June 2020). The Coal curse : resources, climate and Australia's future. Carlton, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-76064-229-7. OCLC 1159396348.
- ^ Murphy, Katharine (7 September 2020). The end of certainty : Scott Morrison and pandemic politics. Carlton, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-76064-276-1. OCLC 1195498957.
- ^ Tingle, Laura (2020). Australia vs. New Zealand; Quarterly Essay 80. Carlton, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-76064-222-8. OCLC 1160178255.