Australia
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Team work
Fire, police and ambulance services are essential to any well-run city. Monocle joins teams in Helsinki, Hong Kong and Ballarat to see how three of the world's best emergency services keep their cities safe.
Art smarts
Find some locals to design a modern art gallery, find lots more locals to frequent it and suddenly find yourself with an international success: welcome to Goma.
Business
Drilling down into miners' accommodation, the Band-Aid gets brought into the 21st century and clean air becomes big business in China.
Inventory No. 74
Bikes built from typefaces, native vermouth and monthly socks: our latest edit of designers and makers sweating the details, from Portland workshops to Galician vineyards.
Go with the grain
Three Asian nations are tackling food security in a variety of ways. Monocle focuses on China’s efforts in Australia and the value of good relations.
Team captain
Whether it’s successfully running two global airlines, steering a crisis-hit media empire or chairing a major financial institution, Sir Rod Eddington takes leadership inspiration from sports and knows the business game inside out.
Oceania
An island-hopping Pacific flight path, a debate on independence in New Caledonia and a voice for Kiwi expats.
Lee Lin Chin
A longstanding and respected newsreader in Australia, Lee Lin Chin tells it how it is: she likes to keep things simple but hearty.
The new wave
Australia’s surf-lifesaving clubs are an essential service. In Sydney, a new clubhouse celebrates the best of Australian beach culture as surf spots across the nation are getting smart about architecture.
