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Affairs

Aussie ruler

Ron Barassi began his Aussie Rules career almost 60 years ago. Today he is celebrated in his homeland not just as a great sportsman, but as the archetypal Australian.

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  • 6 min read
Aussie ruler
Affairs

Oceania

The king of Tonga is our dapper Style Leader, Australia is a wise old goat, and New Zealand strips its prisoners of the right to vote and smoke.

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  • 4 min read
A herd of goats resting in sunlight, showing their varied brown and white coats.
Affairs

Defence

News from the military world, including the new "smart" bullets and ingenious bomb detection technology.

  • Issue #40
  • 5 min read
Illustration of a military figure in green uniform surrounded by icons representing weapons and flags.
Travel and restaurants

Hot Potts

Fratelli Fresh’s Barry McDonald, a long-serving supplier to Sydney’s finest restaurants, gives Monocle a tour of Potts Point, a food-obsessed inner city neighbourhood of the Australian city.

  • Issue #40
  • 7 min read
Hot Potts
Business

Business

Sydney's business district's new waterfront development, why Brazilian biofuels make a good investment, and how sustainable engineering is benefiting Africa.

  • Issue #39
  • 5 min read
Business
Design

Rough and ready

At this beach house rental near Sydney, furniture and equipment is for sale via the owners’ interior design company. They’ve embraced its rough edges, creating a unique small house and small business.

  • Issue #39
  • 5 min read
Rough and ready
Affairs

Oceania

The Solomon Islands men who have gone from government to jail and back to government, and why Samoa is considering a plan to switch timezones.

  • Issue #38
  • 4 min read
Man in grey shirt waving hand outside building
Politics

Oceania

The latest from the Pacific islands, including a sanitation crisis in Tuvalu and the phasing of Vanuatu's handwritten passport.

  • Issue #37
  • 4 min read
Big blow
Culture

Media

TV screens at US petrol pumps, Iceland's PM-turned-newspaper editor and Australia vinyl resurgence.

  • Issue #36
  • 4 min read
Newsroom
Affairs

Oceania

Kiwi PM John Key gets foot-in-mouth disease and Fiji puts up a fight against Rupert Murdoch

  • Issue #36
  • 5 min read
Oceania

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