This issue discusses Indigenous rights with essays by Don Watson and Daniel James about the outcome of the Voice referendum. Elizabeth Finkel debunks the claim that Covid-19 originated in Wuhan in their essay"This Little Theory Went to Market" and Sarah Krasnostein highlights how shame and trauma are treated in the justice system in "Peace in the Home".
Turning to the environment, Jonathan Green looks at how forest should be managed in the future in their essay, "Wood for the Trees" and Esther Linder discusses dry-season burning by Indigenous rangers in the Northern Territory.