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Mike Steketee

Mike Steketee, a former columnist and national affairs editor for the Australian and political editor and Canberra correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald, is a freelance journalist.

National Affairs Mike Steketee 20 October 2021 The Nationals say they’re worried about jobs — but we know from experience how to handle the move away from fossil fuel–based employment
National Affairs Mike Steketee 9 September 2021 Australia’s recycling ambitions aren’t being matched by action National Affairs Mike Steketee 23 August 2021 The prime minister is gripped by myths about asylum seekers that have hardened into articles of faith on both sides of parliament National Affairs Mike Steketee 30 July 2021 Are exaggerated fears about the cost of the disability scheme pushing it further from its founding principles? Essays & Reportage Mike Steketee 9 April 2021 With a new book reopening the debate about the one-time NSW premier’s behaviour in office, our correspondent assesses the evidence
National Affairs Mike Steketee 12 March 2021 Faced with the outsized power of a minority within the parliamentary party, small “l” Liberals are finally getting organised
National Affairs Mike Steketee 5 February 2021 The superannuation guarantee shouldn’t rise until the system is made fairer Books & Arts Mike Steketee 2 November 2020 Books | What the Palace didn’t do during the 1975 constitutional crisis was as important as what it did International Mike Steketee 11 September 2020 Infections are low, but the factors that will help the virus to spread are already clear National Affairs Mike Steketee 15 July 2020 The Queen’s private secretary walked a very fine line during the months leading up to the dismissal
National Affairs Mike Steketee 19 June 2020 Does the federal government’s heavily qualified apology for the robodebt fiasco suggest that more trouble is on the way?
Essays & Reportage Mike Steketee 22 October 2019 Can a successful social investment model be used in aged care and elsewhere? National Affairs Mike Steketee 12 July 2019 It’s time to act before deceptive campaigning gets completely out of control National Affairs Mike Steketee 15 May 2019 Election 2019 | If the banks can change, imagine the scope for cultural reform in politics National Affairs Mike Steketee 8 May 2019 Election 2019 | With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter
National Affairs Mike Steketee 1 May 2019 Election 2019 | Faced with the temptations of negative campaigning, can the parties respond to a steep fall in voter trust?
National Affairs Mike Steketee 24 April 2019 Election 2019 | Labor’s plans are conservative in the full sense — just look where some of its key ideas came from National Affairs Mike Steketee 17 April 2019 The Coalition’s return to the debt-and-deficits theme invites scepticism National Affairs Mike Steketee 10 October 2018 The past is catching up with a climate-sceptical Australian government National Affairs Mike Steketee 1 October 2018 If altruism won’t motivate Australia to increase spending on eradicating tuberculosis, how about self-interest?
National Affairs Mike Steketee 6 April 2018 Automated welfare didn’t end with the robodebt controversy. Here and overseas, governments are turning vital decisions over to computers
Books & Arts Mike Steketee 28 February 2018 Books | The story of how a cure for scurvy was found, then lost, then found again offers a vital lesson for policy-makers National Affairs Mike Steketee 23 January 2018 Evidence suggests that Australians aren’t strongly wedded to celebrating a national day on 26 January Essays & Reportage Mike Steketee 16 November 2017 Could the National Disability Insurance Scheme be threatened by higher-than-expected diagnoses of autism and developmental delay? National Affairs Mike Steketee 12 July 2017 Taking private donations out of the equation would help restore trust in the political system – and we’re already partway there
National Affairs Mike Steketee 3 May 2017 And how much did Labor’s “Mediscare” campaign narrow the margin? The Australian Electoral Study has its answers
National Affairs Mike Steketee 11 November 2016 Donald Trump’s support partly reflects genuine economic uncertainties and fears. For Australian governments, the lessons are clear Essays & Reportage Mike Steketee 4 October 2016 The concept has spread like wildfire but the results, here and overseas, are mixed National Affairs Mike Steketee 22 October 2013 Amid the often-protracted policy debates of the Rudd and Gillard years, DisabilityCare is widely seen as Labor’s most popular and effectively managed reform. The story… National Affairs Mike Steketee 18 February 2013 The same ministers who scour every nook and cranny to find savings are throwing money at superannuation tax concessions with dubious benefits, writes Mike Steketee