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National Affairs Peter Brent 7 May 2021 Is last weekend’s win for Tasmania’s Liberals good news for Scott Morrison?
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 7 May 2021 Inadequate funding doesn’t explain all the problems at the National Archives National Affairs James Panichi 7 May 2021 Foreign influence laws are highlighting the shortcomings of Australia’s rules for lobbyists National Affairs Peter Brent 3 May 2021 The Nine papers’ well-intentioned attempt to improve coverage of political polls could have the opposite effect National Affairs Saul Eslake 30 April 2021 Josh Frydenberg has moved further from Coalition orthodoxy on budget deficits
National Affairs Jo Chandler 30 April 2021 Amid the relief at Joe Biden’s engagement with climate change, did we lose sight of what’s happening on the ground?
National Affairs Hamish McDonald 30 April 2021 And what would that mean for Australia? National Affairs Margaret Simons 24 April 2021 Journalism has a different role to play from the legal system. It begins with reporting the facts as the journalist understands them National Affairs Peter Brent 23 April 2021 Scott Morrison’s reputation for campaigning prowess could work in Labor’s favour at the next election, but the economy will trump all else National Affairs Stuart Macintyre 22 April 2021 Why is the federal government’s record in administering its own programs so poor?
National Affairs James Murphy 21 April 2021 Why are Victoria’s Liberals stuck on a controversial project twice rejected at the ballot box?
National Affairs Danielle Wood, with Brendan Coates and Tom Crowley 21 April 2021 Does focusing on the gender gap in retirement incomes miss the bigger picture? National Affairs Peter Brent 14 April 2021 Is Scott Morrison the prime minister to win the next election? National Affairs Hamish McDonald 14 April 2021 With the war crimes unit getting to work, will Afghan victims be compensated and whistleblowers protected? National Affairs Carol Johnson 13 April 2021 Will the government survive the vaccine debacle?
National Affairs Adam Triggs 12 April 2021 US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen is proposing a global minimum corporate tax rate. Criticisms of her long-overdue plan don’t stack up
National Affairs James Panichi 9 April 2021 Why is competition commissioner Rod Sims more exercised than his international counterparts by Google’s takeover of Fitbit? National Affairs Judith Ireland 8 April 2021 Has the government missed another opportunity to genuinely tackle sexual harassment? National Affairs John Edwards 8 April 2021 Extract | Faced with a delicate balancing of debt reduction and jobs, the government is sending out mixed messages National Affairs John Quiggin 6 April 2021 The former chief scientist shows the Coalition how it can shift on climate
National Affairs Adam Triggs 5 April 2021 Australia is struggling to live with China, but can’t live without it. What can be done?
National Affairs Stuart Macintyre 1 April 2021 The national identities ascribed to Australia’s postwar migrants masked a striking diversity of backgrounds and attitudes National Affairs Ian Hancock 31 March 2021 Will a dysfunctional party organisation in his home state block Josh Frydenberg’s path to the Lodge? National Affairs Margaret Simons 25 March 2021 A unique medium for disseminating academic research is celebrating its first decade National Affairs Peter Brent 24 March 2021 Liberal preferences could make or break the Greens’ ambitions in the lower house. Will Jeff Kennett come to the rescue?
National Affairs Carol Johnson 24 March 2021 Scott Morrison doesn’t just have a “woman problem,” he has a masculinity problem as well
National Affairs John Quiggin 23 March 2021 Why haven’t we learned more from the West’s golden age, the long postwar boom? National Affairs Saul Eslake 22 March 2021 Labor is under pressure to wave through tax cuts that will make the tax system less progressive — and don’t stack up economically National Affairs Rodney Tiffen 19 March 2021 Trigger-happy state opposition MPs seem set on repeating the mistakes of the past National Affairs Sara Dowse 17 March 2021 A half-century’s perspective on this week’s protests