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National Affairs Paddy Gourley 20 February 2019 The creation of the Department of Home Affairs broke the rules of good government. Labor should commit to dismantling it
Correspondents David Hayes 19 February 2019 A split from Labour is a shaft of light amid the Brexit gloom National Affairs Asher Hirsch 19 February 2019 The PM says Hakeem al-Araibi will be a citizen very soon, but a new audit office report reveals why most refugees are waiting so long for citizenship Books & Arts Sara Dowse 19 February 2019 Books | Stoked by cigarettes and whiskey, Kenneth Cook kept writing until the end
Essays & Reportage Tony Blackshield 19 February 2019 Parliament unworkable? There are precedents for sending MPs back to the people, but they might not embolden the governor-general National Affairs Stephen Mills 18 February 2019 Is Labor’s election mobilisation hitting its limits?

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National Affairs

National Affairs Wanning Sun 21 February 2019 Can the ABC fill some of the blind spots in its China-related reporting?
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 18 February 2019 Don’t bet on it: experience suggests that asylum seekers won’t be the deciding factor in May National Affairs Jennifer Doggett 15 February 2019 Would a Health Reform Commission give a Labor government the cover it needs to deal with powerful interest groups? National Affairs Rodney Tiffen 14 February 2019 The major parties’ contrasting campaign styles have been on display this week National Affairs John Quiggin 13 February 2019 Regardless of what happens next, the economic logic of the Rocky Hill decision will eventually prevail

Essays & Reportage

Essays & Reportage Hannah McCann & Lucy Nicholas 18 February 2019 Is “gender ideology” really a danger to feminism?
Essays & Reportage Jo Chandler 1 February 2019 Stalking a giant in Papua New Guinea’s ranges Essays & Reportage David Hayes 20 January 2019 Thirty years on, the riveting story of consuming devotion — and its buried chronicle — still haunts this reader Essays & Reportage Tom Greenwell 17 January 2019 Gonski called time on Australia’s “industrial” model of “mass education.” But does the diagnosis — and the prescription — reflect classroom reality? Essays & Reportage Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz 20 December 2018 Prisoners exist in a healthcare limbo, and the effects on their wellbeing can be profound  

Books & Arts

Books & Arts Paul ’t Hart 11 February 2019 Books | What France’s yellow jacket protestors may be trying to tell us  
Books & Arts Brendan Coates 11 February 2019 Books | A blind spot among economists has helped price housing out of reach Books & Arts Andrew Ford 11 February 2019 Music | A tribute to the fearless English-born tenor Gerald English, who’d lived in Australia since 1977 Books & Arts Phillipa McGuinness 7 February 2019 The goal might be the same, but each publisher finds its own way of connecting writers and readers Books & Arts Jane Goodall 6 February 2019 Television | ABC1’s new current affairs line-up needs to break the mould

International

International Kerry Brown 11 February 2019 Trump, Brexit and right-wing populism created an opening for Xi Jinping and his colleagues, but their fears proved too deep
International Rodney Tiffen 7 February 2019 How the United States has become more divided and out-of-step, in three charts International Andy Butfoy 6 February 2019 Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seem set on undoing the historic achievement of their 1980s predecessors International Michael D. Barr 1 February 2019 Can an electorally dominant government survive family feuding and a broadening opposition? International Andrew Vandenberg 23 January 2019 Four months after the national election, Sweden finally has a prime minister again

Correspondents

Correspondents Lesley Russell 7 February 2019 Where does the president’s State of the Union speech lead?
Correspondents David Hayes 29 January 2019 A Tokyo trip is another lesson in looking afresh Correspondents David Hayes 11 December 2018 Britain’s economic model has to change, and that may take another crisis Correspondents Peter Mares 10 December 2018 At Westminster, parliament will almost certainly vote down the British prime minister’s Brexit plan. No one knows what will happen next Correspondents David Hayes 21 November 2018 Brexit’s failure of governance is sending democracy haywire

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