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Good Weekend

Longform journalism at its best. The definitive stories on the people, places and issues that matter to Australians.

The October 21 Edition

The October 21 Edition

The intensifying debate over classroom discipline | Julia Baird on grieving the death of an ex | A pioneering doctor on how his wife made him a better person

14 stories
The October 14 Edition

The October 14 Edition

The Arts Issue | Jodi Matterson, the quiet Aussie adored by Kidman and co | A journalist’s brush with Banksy | Indigenous art in the US – and its Hollywood ally

15 stories
The October 7 Edition

The October 7 Edition

Here comes the son: Is Lachlan Murdoch up to the job?| The photojournalist who captured life in Afghanistan | Matthew Reilly on how to write a good sex scene

15 stories
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The September 30 edition

The September 30 edition

Kieren Perkins’ plans to fix Aussie sport | David Marr’s murderous family history | Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran on this writing life

15 stories
The September 23 edition

The September 23 edition

Style Edit: Satu Vänskä, the Finnish virtuoso violinist making waves in Australia | Long-term AIDS survivors on beating the odds | Richard & Christian Wilkins

18 stories
The September 16 Edition

The September 16 Edition

‘I’m a guinea pig’: how the world’s top melanoma pathologist is treating his own brain cancer | Bullying tactics or simple economics? The AFL’s bold Tassie play

9 stories
The September 9 Edition

The September 9 Edition

Danielle Laidley: From star AFL player to transgender role model | Training for bushfire season | Australia’s mania for memoirs | Split Enz co-founder Tim Finn

14 stories
The September 2 edition

The September 2 edition

Wayne Bennett: footy, family & the fraught price of fame | Inside the APY art storm | Chanel Contos on determination & death threats | Bottle-o wine reviews

13 stories
The August 26 edition

The August 26 edition

Solar flair: how Aussie Martin Green is powering up the world | The flagship-store phenomenon | Our growing love of utes | 10 great new gadgets

19 stories
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The August 19 edition

The August 19 edition

Anthony LaPaglia on film, fame and family feuds | My son was a sex worker and that’s OK | Missy Higgins on ending a marriage peacefully | ‘Sextortion’ and teens

14 stories
The August 12 edition

The August 12 edition

How liars and fakes went mainstream | Besties Leigh Sales & Lisa Millar on perseverance, punctuality and being pals | Searching for Tom Cruise

16 stories
The August 5 Edition

The August 5 Edition

The clean athletes facing anti-doping hell | The cat video star inspiring beer brands – and helping science | Scientist David Suzuki, 87, on what matters most

15 stories
The July 29 Edition

The July 29 Edition

The long tail of sexual abuse | Breaking the AFL’s thick glass ceiling | Which is better, good sex or a grand final? Joel Selwood’s verdict

15 stories
The July 22 Edition

The July 22 Edition

The rise of one-child families | The world’s only father-son Elvis tribute act | How another ancient Pilbara cave was nearly destroyed

15 stories
The July 15 Edition

The July 15 Edition

The quiet power behind our premiers and PMs | Activist or attention hog? Meet Drew Pavlou | When a feminist falls in love with a conservative

16 stories
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The July 8 Edition

The July 8 Edition

Former NSW premier Mike Baird’s great cricketing challenge|Living with anxiety|The desperate search for a much-loved dog|The wonderful world of fungi

16 stories
The July 1 Edition

The July 1 Edition

The forgotten wife: why has no-one heard of Eileen Blair?|What you need to know about POTS|A daughter’s rescue mission to save her dad|A war reporter’s long battle with PTSD|Dressing up for dining out

17 stories
The June 24 Edition

The June 24 Edition

The key witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith trial |The battle against light pollution | ‘Bigorexia’ and today’s young men | Huon Hooke’s top six bottles right now

18 stories