National Affairs
18 July 2019
Are concerns about Australians’ faith in politics and democracy being exaggerated by poorly presented research?
National Affairs
17 July 2019
At heart, this is an inclusive rather than divisive proposal
National Affairs
16 July 2019
With no further approvals needed, Adani’s Carmichael mine is all set to go. Or is it?
National Affairs
12 July 2019
It’s time to act before deceptive campaigning gets completely out of control
National Affairs
10 July 2019
Whichever way you measure it, Australia’s unemployment benefit is far from being “one of the best safety nets, if not the best, of anywhere in the world”
National Affairs
9 July 2019
Tim Gartrell faces quite a battle, and not just with the re-elected government
National Affairs
8 July 2019
The Reserve Bank is running out of ways of tackling Australia’s economic malaise
National Affairs
3 July 2019
The Australian Ballot almost took over the world, but it might not be entirely our idea after all
National Affairs
1 July 2019
Should we renovate the process we have for allocating the airwaves, or knock it down and start again?
National Affairs
30 June 2019
The long leadership race has given Gladys Berejiklian’s government valuable breathing space
National Affairs
27 June 2019
Some commentators want the Reserve Bank to try something new and radical. But how different would “quantitative easing” really be?
National Affairs
26 June 2019
Secrecy and convenience don’t always coincide in Australia’s highly accessible electoral system
National Affairs
26 June 2019
The federal government’s big-ticket pledges rest on surprising population projections
National Affairs
21 June 2019
Does the regional broadcaster’s decision to close more newsrooms breach its licence obligations?
National Affairs
19 June 2019
We should all be aware of the great cost of inaction
National Affairs
19 June 2019
There are leaks that are properly investigated, and leaks that aren’t
National Affairs
14 June 2019
Nearly thirty years after the Aboriginal deaths in custody royal commission, the Northern Territory finally has a custody notification service. But is there devil in its detail?
National Affairs
13 June 2019
The longstanding conflict between the Liberal Party’s conservative and liberal wings continues
National Affairs
13 June 2019
On immigration policy, this is a big-target government
National Affairs
7 June 2019
Part of Labor’s housing strategy could be adapted to lift affordability, and might just appeal to the government
National Affairs
7 June 2019
Dust settled, our correspondent pokes through the rubble
National Affairs
6 June 2019
This week’s AFP raids fit a pattern of crackdowns under the Coalition
National Affairs
4 June 2019
Modern monetary theory pushes a useful economic insight beyond plausibility
National Affairs
4 June 2019
Will the wrong person be chasing the wrong issues?
National Affairs
3 June 2019
This week’s Court of Appeal hearing won’t necessarily be the last word
National Affairs
30 May 2019
With most results in, the electoral landscape is looking challenging for the federal opposition
National Affairs
30 May 2019
Mark Latham’s plan for the NSW upper house sidesteps rather than confronts parliament’s problems
National Affairs
29 May 2019
What went wrong for Australia’s best-known pollsters?
National Affairs
28 May 2019
A state budget that’s somehow in surplus still plays the wrong kind of politics with infrastructure
National Affairs
24 May 2019
The government must make clear that it doesn’t want any more booms
