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National affairs Chequered flags Jock Given 19 December 2024 The arc of the moral universe might bend towards justice but sometimes it twists along the way National affairs The year of governing precariously Peter Browne 16 December 2024 2024’s casualties among governments across the globe throw fresh light on the US result National affairs A long goodbye? Peter Brent 12 December 2024 The signs aren’t great for Labor, but the Coalition has its vulnerabilities too — and the election is still months away National affairs Who belongs in the Senate? William Maley 6 December 2024 Pauline Hanson is wrong and Fatima Payman right about the question of eligibility

Books & arts Chronicle of a catastrophe foretold Klaus Neumann 24 December 2024 Could a close look at Austria tell us where Western democracies are heading? Books & arts Colliding visions of government Glyn Davis 17 December 2024 Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk want to drastically cut government jobs. Dan Honig makes the case for better not fewer Books & arts Map-making and myth-busting Zora Simic 14 December 2024 Joni Mitchell’s latest biographer creates a new geography of her work and influence Books & arts The good fight Gary Werskey 11 December 2024 How two political consultants pushed the Democratic Party towards their imagined middle ground

Correspondents You can’t negotiate on an empty stomach Nic Maclellan 6 December 2024 A government collapses in Paris, and the shockwaves extend as far as Nouméa Correspondents The Keir Starmer conundrum David Hayes 25 November 2024 British Labour’s early missteps are sullying its promise of renewal. The prime minister, unmoved, is reaching for the stars Correspondents Neither triumph nor Trumped Michael Jacobs 25 November 2024 Another cliffhanger climate conference achieves a kind of progress Correspondents Who governs the climate? Michael Jacobs 21 November 2024 While COP29 meets in Baku G20 leaders have been making their own decisions in Rio