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National Affairs Peter Brent 20 December 2021 MPs’ popularity (and the extra advantage of being a first-termer) is rarely included in electoral calculus
National Affairs Margaret Simons 16 December 2021 Another inquiry has made recommendations to improve media diversity. All that’s lacking is action National Affairs John Edwards 13 December 2021 An urgent economic challenge will scarcely get a mention when Labor and the Coalition go head to head National Affairs Ray Edmondson 8 December 2021 Why has the National Film and Sound Archive suddenly found political favour? National Affairs Adam Triggs 7 December 2021 Governments around the world are using innovative policies to solve housing affordability challenges. Why not Australia?
National Affairs Peter Brent 7 December 2021 Many Newspoll respondents think Labor will win the next election. But is that good news for the opposition?
National Affairs Carol Johnson 3 December 2021 Despite the pandemic, Labor and the Coalition are embracing policies from the past National Affairs Peter Brent 1 December 2021 Mark McGowan might be riding high, but how much does that help federal Labor? National Affairs Margaret Simons 25 November 2021 This time the election campaign needs to be reported differently National Affairs Tim Colebatch 24 November 2021 A year before the next state election, the Victorian premier and his party are well ahead in the polls
National Affairs Adam Triggs 23 November 2021 A government commitment to buy Australian-made goods and services is not as positive as it sounds
National Affairs John Edwards 16 November 2021 An inquiry into the bank’s past decade might yield interesting results, but it misses Australia’s real challenge National Affairs Peter Brent 10 November 2021 Once seen as fabled “Howard’s battler” territory, Parramatta will be looking for a new MP at the next election National Affairs Adam Triggs 9 November 2021 Australia needs holistic tax reform for the post-Covid-19 era National Affairs Brett Evans 5 November 2021 Pundits want Anthony Albanese to talk big. But is that the way Labor takes government?
National Affairs Peter Brent 27 October 2021 The federal government thinks so, but probably for the wrong reasons
National Affairs Adam Triggs 27 October 2021 Sovereign countries sharing the same currency, euro-style, have been a recipe for disaster. So why has the idea endured? National Affairs Margaret Simons 25 October 2021 Are Google and Facebook picking and choosing who they’ll deal with under the news media bargaining code? National Affairs Rob Manwaring 22 October 2021 South Australia’s Liberals have been creating national headlines for all the wrong reasons National Affairs Mike Steketee 20 October 2021 The Nationals say they’re worried about jobs — but we know from experience how to handle the move away from fossil fuel–based employment
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 20 October 2021 As Australia continues to dodge, the International Energy Agency issues a blueprint for action
National Affairs John Hawkins 18 October 2021 Australia got a new president this week. But it’s not a name you might recognise National Affairs Adam Triggs 12 October 2021 The Chinese government’s power to control the fallout from a property crash is a reminder of just how far it has to go — and how far it has gone backwards — in freeing its… National Affairs Peter Brent 8 October 2021 Where do the “Voices” campaigns have their best chances of winning seats at the next federal election? National Affairs Margaret Simons 8 October 2021 Did the campaign to punish Melbourne’s daily papers for questioning Dan Andrews’s government hit its mark?
National Affairs Giles Parkinson 6 October 2021 Has the NSW environment minister changed the new premier’s mind about climate?
National Affairs John Quiggin 5 October 2021 A male-dominated political culture runs deep National Affairs Carol Johnson 4 October 2021 Australia’s retreat to the Anglosphere has implications beyond defence and trade National Affairs Norman Abjorensen 3 October 2021 The distinctive political culture of New South Wales could reach its apogee — with national effects — when Dominic Perrottet takes the top job National Affairs Brett Evans 1 October 2021 What drives Darren Chester, the Nationals MP who has boycotted his own party room?