Michael Winkler

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News December 06, 2025

Why Victorian death certificates are unreliable

More than seven years ago, a Victorian doctor embarked on what has become a quest to correct a small administrative quirk that has made the state’s death certificates unreliable.

Culture November 08, 2025

Revisions exhibition

In the Melbourne exhibition Revisions, more than 60 Warlpiri artists remake photographs and archival records to question colonial histories.

News November 22, 2025

Trump’s MAGA rift over the Epstein files

The US president has signed legislation to release all Epstein case files, but it’s unclear if this win for the abused will reveal any more about the paedophile’s powerful allies.

News October 03, 2025

Trump’s plan for a Murdoch TikTok

For Donald Trump and the Murdochs, the plan to secure US control of TikTok is a win-win – a social media mouthpiece ahead of the midterms, and for a bargain price.

News September 20, 2025

The mishandling of the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery

Alice Springs’ long promised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery is mired in farce, with millions spent, a school pulled down, faulty consultations and no sign of construction.

News September 06, 2025

In the March for Australia melee

The view from the crowd at the weekend protests revealed the progress extremists have made in harnessing anti-immigration sentiment.

News July 26, 2025

Trump and Murdoch’s relationship sours over Epstein files

The publication of documents detailing Donald Trump’s friendship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein have recast the president’s relationship with Rupert Murdoch.

Sport September 28, 2023

Passing genes: how family ties are a force in rugby league

If the family is, indeed, one of nature’s masterpieces, nowhere is this artistry more outstanding than in the world of elite rugby league, where two shining examples will go head-to-head during this Sunday’s NRL grand final.