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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 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 robo-debt 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