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International Rodney Tiffen 28 May 2020 Clear patterns are evident in the data we have on cases, mortality and testing
International Rowan Callick 27 May 2020 A key speech reveals worries on many fronts for China’s leaders Essays & Reportage Tom Greenwell 27 May 2020 Journalists keep losing their jobs, but politicians on all sides are refusing to face the consequences International Michael Bartos 27 May 2020 While the quest for treatments and vaccines continued, the language of global public goods dominated international pandemic talks
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 27 May 2020 Whatever Scott Morrison has in mind, it doesn’t sound a lot like the 1980s Labor–union agreement Books & Arts Sara Dowse 27 May 2020 Books | If we were smarter, would we realise we’re better than we think?

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National Affairs Edward Aspinall 27 May 2020 A national institution’s inward turn comes at a strange time
National Affairs Lesley Russell 26 May 2020 Government can do more to flatten the mental illness curve National Affairs Annabel Brown and Caitlin McCaffrie 25 May 2020 Covid-19 has exposed the flaws in Australia’s treatment of temporary migrants. Fortunately, a blueprint for change already exists National Affairs Tristan Edis 22 May 2020 Human psychology might finally be on the side of decisive action to decarbonise Australia’s economy National Affairs Brett Evans 20 May 2020 Is the PM’s recovery supremo the right person for the job?

Essays & Reportage

Essays & Reportage Paul Rodan 25 May 2020 A young masters student talks to figures at the centre of the Liberal Party’s growing instability in the mid 1960s
Essays & Reportage Michael Bartos 18 May 2020 Is the Trump administration using the pandemic to reorder the international landscape? Essays & Reportage Rodney Tiffen 14 May 2020 Malcolm Turnbull spilled the beans on Kerry Packer’s secret plans for Fairfax back in 1991. So why are his memoirs so coy about this key episode? Essays & Reportage Robert White 7 May 2020 Does our pandemic shed new light on the playwright and his work? Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 6 May 2020 What can previous crises tell us about the prospects for progressive reform after Covid-19?

Books & Arts

Books & Arts Peter Mares 25 May 2020 Books | Three housing researchers plot the way out of Australia’s affordability crisis
Books & Arts Zora Simic 20 May 2020 Books | We know a lot about Germaine Greer, but not so much about another trailblazer, Merle Thornton Books & Arts Andrew Ford 20 May 2020 Music | What happens when the composer can really see the audience? Books & Arts Nick Herd 20 May 2020 Australian-based production is beginning its slow recovery Books & Arts Jane Goodall 13 May 2020 Television | Ensemble drama Mystery Road is in a class of its own

International

International Adam Triggs 25 May 2020 Donald Trump and the Fed are combining with Covid-19 to undermine the dominance of the US dollar
International Hamish McDonald 13 May 2020 Hong Kong seems to be heading into a long summer of trials, protests and electoral disqualifications International Nic Maclellan 6 May 2020 As Pacific island nations reel from Cyclone Harold and the coronavirus, US–China tensions are complicating the path to recovery International Michael Leach 5 May 2020 … and its biggest party has asked the Court of Appeal to rule on presidential decision-making International Assa Doron 4 May 2020 India’s firm action has been undermined by religious prejudice and poverty

Correspondents

Correspondents David Hayes 26 May 2020 Britain’s book of government blunders has a new chapter
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 May 2020 Germany’s anti-lockdown protests aren’t only about the coronavirus Correspondents David Hayes 25 March 2020 The virus looks like being the catalyst of yet another British revolution Correspondents Klaus Neumann 17 March 2020 Despite Europe’s failure to rise to the challenge in Greece, the “virus of insolidarity” is still being resisted Correspondents Lesley Russell 14 March 2020 Coronavirus has already changed life and national politics in the United States

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