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National Affairs Tim Colebatch 23 June 2017 What are the consequences of choosing a second-best scheme?
International Ross Burns 24 June 2017 Islamic State’s destruction of the heritage of a great Islamic leader, Nur al-Din, signals a new desperation National Affairs Norman Abjorensen 21 June 2017 It would be a mistake not to take Peter Dutton MP seriously Books & Arts Graeme Dobell 20 June 2017 Books | Australia’s diplomatic capabilities are about to be tested again
Correspondents David Hayes 19 June 2017 A hulking ruin stands in judgement over a country adrift National Affairs Peter Mares 16 June 2017 The government’s toughening of citizenship rules would worsen the problems it seeks to tackle

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National Affairs Peter Mares 16 June 2017 New data reveals a growing group of long-term temporary migrants
National Affairs Peter Brent 15 June 2017 Jeremy Corbyn’s critics might brand him a populist, but that doesn’t explain how both major parties attracted surprisingly big shares of the vote in last week’s… National Affairs Tim Colebatch 10 June 2017 Growth continues to be slow and uneven, and we seem unable to distribute its benefits fairly National Affairs Giles Parkinson 10 June 2017 The chief scientist’s energy report is a political document, which might, or might not, be its strength National Affairs Tim Colebatch 8 June 2017 Only if you don’t look too closely at how “recession” is defined

Essays & Reportage

Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 31 May 2017 Philosopher Peter Singer puts a disturbingly simple case for altruism. Too simple, perhaps?
Essays & Reportage Frances Flanagan 15 May 2017 There are many reasons why work won’t simply disappear, but we need to talk about how it is distributed Essays & Reportage Rodney Tiffen 27 April 2017 Populists across the globe are united by their claim to speak on behalf of “the people.” It’s rarely enough for lasting electoral success Essays & Reportage Sybil Nolan 21 April 2017 When Robert Menzies’s pursuit of political ambitions annoyed key figures in the Melbourne establishment, they made their displeasure known through the city’s most… Essays & Reportage Matthew Ricketson 11 April 2017 The satirist inverted conventional journalistic formats to probe politics and power

Books & Arts

Books & Arts Maruta Rodan 19 June 2017 Books | Careful marketing helped ease the arrival of 170,000 migrants from postwar Europe
Books & Arts Andrew Ford 15 June 2017 Music | The music’s not always the thing in the classical concert hall Books & Arts Jane Goodall 14 June 2017 A rediscovered memoir and a multi-season French drama point to new ways of thinking about the second world war Books & Arts Jane Goodall 30 May 2017 Books | In the titanic battle over Greece’s economic sovereignty, the local audience was the big casualty Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 25 May 2017 Cinema | The Sense of an Ending reveals another way of translating fiction onto the screen

International

International Nic Maclellan 14 June 2017 As non-nuclear states meet to negotiate a nuclear weapons ban treaty, Britain has withdrawn from the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice over nuclear…
International John Quiggin 9 June 2017 But can an organisation that has promoted a globalised world economy take on the massively powerful finance sector? International Natasha Ezrow 29 May 2017 The terrorist attack in Manchester has focused attention on chronic instability in Libya. But there are signs of progress International Philippe Marlière 27 April 2017 With only lukewarm support from progressives, could Emmanuel Macron lose the French presidential election? International Klaus Neumann 24 April 2017 Despite ambiguities of meaning and history, the Pope’s reference to concentration camps makes a forceful point about our attentiveness

Correspondents

Correspondents Liam Weeks 16 June 2017 Ireland’s dizzying rate of change is personified by a new prime minister who heads a precarious administration
Correspondents David Hayes 9 June 2017 Labour has averted catastrophe, but the stunning result leaves the country with no way to negotiate Brexit Correspondents David Hayes 5 June 2017 A dizzying election campaign, split this time by terror attacks, might be part of a new political normal Correspondents David Hayes 30 May 2017 The favourite trashes her brand, the underdog relishes his. Our correspondent is perplexed Correspondents David Hayes 24 May 2017 The horrific massacre in England’s second city creates a wider sense of threat

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