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Correspondents David Hayes 11 December 2018 Britain’s economic model has to change, and that may take another seizure
National Affairs Margaret Simons 11 December 2018 Can government rise to the challenge thrown down by the regulator? National Affairs Robert Milliken 11 December 2018 An outback town’s gamble on cutting Indigenous crime is paying remarkable dividends National Affairs Jeremy Gans 10 December 2018 If judges don’t have a clear idea of how police should behave, where does that leave everyone else?
National Affairs Jennifer Doggett 10 December 2018 Mental health inquiries are more frequent than iPhone updates, says one observer, yet the results have been disappointing. Do we need to radically change our assumptions? National Affairs Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick 10 December 2018 There’s no doubt that Australia is experiencing a rising number of severe weather events

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National Affairs

National Affairs Graeme Orr 11 December 2018 The Coalition wants to introduction compulsory voter ID in Australia. Here’s why we don’t need it
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 10 December 2018 The former prime minister is unlikely to be opposition leader after the election — and it’s mainly a question of timing National Affairs Travers McLeod, Sam Hurley and Allison Orr 7 December 2018 Despite five prime ministers in five years and policy paralysis in Canberra, Australians don’t want to do away with democracy. They want to save it National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 6 December 2018 Poor polling figures bring to the surface old obsessions that don’t necessarily impress voters National Affairs Adam Triggs 2 December 2018 The weekend’s summit in Buenos Aires showed that the G20 is holding the line against Donald Trump’s attacks on the rules that govern trade

Essays & Reportage

Essays & Reportage Norman Abjorensen 7 December 2018 History could help the Liberals out of their malaise
Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 28 November 2018 Extract | A third federal win for Labor in 1987 broke the postwar pattern forever Essays & Reportage David Armstrong 21 November 2018 The pioneering Indigenous journalist played a key role in establishing the Tent Embassy in Canberra. His work has been recognised this month by the Australian Media Hall of Fame Essays & Reportage Laurie Oakes 21 November 2018 Despite his warning to young journalists, Alan Reid was both observer and player in Parliament House. His work has been recognised this month by the Australian Media Hall of Fame Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 21 November 2018 The writer who remade the women’s column has been recognised by the Australian Media Hall of Fame

Books & Arts

Books & Arts Susan Lever 7 December 2018 Books | Elizabeth Kleinhenz explores the contradictions of Australia’s most famous feminist in her new biography
Books & Arts Andrew Ford 7 December 2018 Music | Dance metres and rhythms are everywhere in the music of Bach Books & Arts Jane Goodall 6 December 2018 Television | This carefully paced adaptation of My Brilliant Friend brings a corner of Naples to life Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 6 December 2018 Cinema | The Children Act succeeds because of its ideas as much as its narrative Books & Arts Janna Thompson 3 December 2018 Books | Identities are best worn lightly and critically, argues the British-born Ghanaian-American philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah

International

International Graeme Dobell 27 November 2018 “Hot peace” is a much better label for this period of competing powers within a single system
International Kerry Brown & Marya Shakil 22 November 2018 In a tale of two countries, India is reacting but China is largely unmoved International Erin Handley 19 November 2018 After two years observing the genocide hearings, an Australian journalist gauges the local response to last week’s verdict International Lesley Russell 12 November 2018 Well, the ripple has become a wave, with the respected FiveThirtyEight now estimating that the Democrats have picked up thirty-eight seats in the House. Here’s Lesley… International Lesley Russell 29 October 2018 Once again, the depth of division in the United States has been laid bare

Correspondents

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 Correspondents Tom Bamforth 14 November 2018 A visit to a refugee camp in a conservative district of Berlin reveals successful efforts to understand and accommodate Correspondents Nic Maclellan 26 October 2018 With New Caledonia’s self-determination vote looming, our correspondent visits the scene of a turning point in the independence struggle Correspondents David Hayes 17 October 2018 The Belfast novelist’s prize underlines the BBC’s cultural drift

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