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National Affairs James Meese 20 February 2020 As the implications of the ACCC’s recommendations on digital platforms continue to unfold, the political challenges aren’t getting any easier
National Affairs Norman Abjorensen 20 February 2020 National Party infighting has a long but generally subterranean history National Affairs Jane Goodall 20 February 2020 The aftermath of the fires is a perfect opportunity to test the concept of a basic income National Affairs John Quiggin 19 February 2020 Opportunity cost still matters in deciding the best ways of tackling climate change, but the timeframe has shrunk dramatically National Affairs Peter Brent 14 February 2020 Scott Morrison will always have 18 May 2019, but is that enough?
National Affairs Lesley Russell 13 February 2020 The latest Closing the Gap report brings cause both for scepticism and for guarded optimism
National Affairs John Quiggin 10 February 2020 Which generation has the biggest stake in the absurdities of the generation game? National Affairs Peter Brent 6 February 2020 Australia continues to flounder, but help could be on the way from the new president of the European Commission National Affairs Melissa Sweet 6 February 2020 Can infectious disease outbreaks help strengthen Australia’s response to another health crisis? National Affairs Adam Triggs 5 February 2020 Australia entered the year in bad shape, and things will only get worse without a change in direction
National Affairs Norman Abjorensen 4 February 2020 Will a Victorian MP save the National Party from itself?
National Affairs Ian McAuley 30 January 2020 The National Party minister has become the scapegoat for systemically poor administration National Affairs John Quiggin 29 January 2020 With governments failing to act, divesting from carbon-based fuel investments is more important than ever National Affairs Ellen Broad 24 January 2020 Revelations about Clearview AI’s harvesting of online images challenge us all to think carefully about this technology’s impacts National Affairs Tom Greenwell 24 January 2020 The decades-long expansion of public funding to private schools has done the opposite of what its proponents claim
National Affairs Brett Evans 22 January 2020 The NSW environment minister wasn’t speaking only on his own behalf
National Affairs Peter Brent 17 January 2020 Will it take international pressure for the Coalition to finally budge on climate change? National Affairs Peter Brent 8 January 2020 Twitter’s roiling, and even the real world is wondering how the prime minister burned through his political capital so quickly National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 3 January 2020 The prime minister’s political authority has fallen away more quickly than anyone could have imagined National Affairs Peter Brent 3 January 2020 Some supporters of Jeremy Corbyn think Brexit explains Labour’s defeat. But the evidence is scant
National Affairs John Quiggin 1 January 2020 Hundreds more deaths will result from the particulates created by Australia’s current crop of bushfires
National Affairs Adam Triggs 30 December 2019 There’s more than one good reason to lift the payment to jobseekers National Affairs Tim Colebatch 23 December 2019 The former premier’s reputation has been unfairly distorted by his opponents National Affairs John Quiggin 16 December 2019 Generational divides don’t explain much, though attitudes to climate and culture seem to be exceptions National Affairs James Murphy 9 December 2019 Do bureaucratic shake-ups have the benefits prime ministers are hoping for?
National Affairs James Panichi 9 December 2019 Australian policymakers don’t share technology companies’ belief in a borderless world
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 5 December 2019 Business and household demand shrank by 0.3 per cent in the year to September, leaving government and exports to fuel Australia’s modest per capita growth National Affairs Peter Brent 4 December 2019 The tide of populism doesn’t always run the same way National Affairs John Quiggin 2 December 2019 Despite the trade minister’s response, there’s nothing unusual about Emmanuel Macron’s demand for progress National Affairs Peter Spearritt 29 November 2019 What’s the best way to make households more conscious of their water consumption?