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National Affairs For both parties, the lessons of the election are clear Michael Gill 22 May 2019 Strategies that pander to the party “base” have been thoroughly discredited National Affairs Clearing the scrub Frank Bongiorno 20 May 2019 Labor’s next leader faces the job of rebuilding the party in a low-growth world National Affairs Wrong-target strategy Peter Browne 20 May 2019 Comparisons between this weekend’s result and the 1993 election miss an essential point National Affairs The great divide Tim Colebatch 19 May 2019 Election 2019 | What exactly happened around Australia yesterday?

National Affairs Victoria: where preferences whisper the name Hinch Tim Colebatch 16 May 2019 Election 2019 | Glenn Druery is working his magic again, this time in his boss’s home state National Affairs Beyond the political duopoly Mike Steketee 15 May 2019 Election 2019 | If the banks can change, imagine the scope for cultural reform in politics National Affairs Greg Hunt’s zeitgeist problem James Murphy 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | Chill winds have been buffeting the health minister from all sides National Affairs If franking credits and negative gearing didn’t exist, no one would invent them Brendan Coates and Danielle Wood 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | Turn the argument around the other way, and the defenders of the status quo are on even shakier ground

National Affairs Labor on the edge Mike Steketee 8 May 2019 Election 2019 | With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter National Affairs The art of the deal David Clune 8 May 2019 Election 2019 | New South Wales has some lessons for the Senate National Affairs Why has the Darling dried up? David Lewis & John Langford 8 May 2019 “Watergate” is the tip of a much bigger scandal in the Murray–Darling’s northern basin National Affairs Labor’s nightmare (and other preference puzzles) Peter Brent | Mumble 7 May 2019 Election 2019 | Voters’ rankings could count in ways that aren’t clear in the polls