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National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 18 June 2018 The Liberal Party’s national council has just made the government’s job that little bit harder
Essays & Reportage Andrew Leigh 15 June 2018 Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have used new data to track inequality and sharpen the choices we face Essays & Reportage Bruce Buchan 14 June 2018 Have we lost sight of who Captain Cook really was? National Affairs Jane Goodall 12 June 2018 The man most likely to be Australia’s next prime minister looks best up close
Books & Arts Andrew Ford 12 June 2018 Music | The longer we listen to the music of Gavin Bryars and Brian Ferneyhough, the more we recognise National Affairs Francesca Dominello, Sonya Willis and Sandra Hanna 11 June 2018 People want decisions not delays, argues the attorney-general. But do they want the wrong decision?

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National Affairs

National Affairs James Murphy 18 June 2018 A Supreme Court decision on the Victorian branch’s finances has national implications — and not just for the party itself
National Affairs John Daley 8 June 2018 The debate about the Turnbull government’s income tax cuts is being sidetracked by misconceptions National Affairs Tim Colebatch 7 June 2018 Let’s clear up any confusion about the size of the Chinese economy National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 4 June 2018 It’s time to think outside the square on asylum seekers National Affairs Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doron 4 June 2018 Can Australia learn from India’s war on waste?

Essays & Reportage

Essays & Reportage Susan Lever 6 June 2018 A wedding, four plays and a TV series — do the British have something to teach us about scrutinising power?
Essays & Reportage Anna Haebich, Darryl Kickett and Margaret Culbong 30 May 2018 Extract | A research project is exploring an extraordinary trove of Nyungar letters in Western Australia’s Aboriginal archive Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 18 May 2018 Four months after the summer troubles, a reporter heads to Melbourne’s western fringe in search of “African gangs” Essays & Reportage Graeme Dobell 10 May 2018 Relations have been cool before, and will be cool again — though domestic issues are complicating the picture Essays & Reportage Assa Doron & Robin Jeffrey 28 April 2018 Extract | Discarded hair makes a circuitous journey from India to the West, gathering value along the way

Books & Arts

Books & Arts Jane Goodall 6 June 2018 Television | The ensemble-driven Mystery Road deserves to be a hit for the ABC
Books & Arts Shaun Crowe 6 June 2018 Books | Shaun Crowe reviews David McKnight’s Populism Now! Books & Arts Michael Cannon 5 June 2018 Books | Murdoch lieutenant Les Hinton doesn’t burn all his bridges in his frank new memoir Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 30 May 2018 Extract | Australian film-makers do best when they don’t try to beat Hollywood at its own game Books & Arts Graeme Dobell 23 May 2018 Books | Two diplomats — one a restless innovator, the other “a master of benign neglect” — helped shape Australia’s opening up to the world

International

International Lesley Russell 28 May 2018 Maternal and infant mortality rates in the United States are already shamefully high, and the Trump administration’s policies are making them worse. But California is…
International Xan Rice 24 May 2018 Can the Kakuma refugee camp — former home to many Australian Sudanese — complete the transition to a thriving economy? International Tim Colebatch 16 May 2018 Can the five parties of the governing coalition reconcile very different priorities? International Amrita Malhi 11 May 2018 Having won the most seats, the opposition parties endured twenty-four hours of suspense. Was the old government working on plan B? International John Tilemann 9 May 2018 Just weeks before his meeting with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear agreement. What is likely to happen next?

Correspondents

Correspondents David Hayes 29 May 2018 The British government’s torment of West Indians links two national fixations: immigration and Europe
Correspondents Erin Handley 16 May 2018 Did journalists who left the Phnom Penh Post after its sale this month make the right decision? Correspondents Michael Leach 14 May 2018 A clear result and a strong showing by the opposition bode well for the country’s new parliament Correspondents Michael Leach 11 May 2018 East Timorese vote tomorrow in a second attempt to choose a viable government Correspondents David Hayes 30 March 2018 How a poison attack in an English cathedral city became an international diplomatic crisis

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