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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 National Affairs Jane Goodall 16 March 2021 Does the media’s stress on “rage” really capture what’s driving the resurgent women’s movement?
National Affairs Harry Hobbs 16 March 2021 Victoria takes up the challenge of truth-telling
National Affairs Adam Triggs 15 March 2021 What’s next for the world’s original cryptocurrency? National Affairs John Phillimore 15 March 2021 A remarkable win underlines deep problems for Scott Morrison’s colleagues in Western Australia National Affairs Sarah Barns 12 March 2021 Australia has invested heavily in a construction-fuelled recovery, but at what cost? National Affairs Mike Steketee 12 March 2021 Faced with the outsized power of a minority within the parliamentary party, small “l” Liberals are finally getting organised
National Affairs Margaret Simons 12 March 2021 The media is entering challenging new territory. Let’s hope the reporters don’t get in the way of the story
National Affairs Peter Brent 12 March 2021 Labor is expected to win by a landslide in WA tomorrow. But be wary of drawing conclusions about the next federal election National Affairs Helen Bird 9 March 2021 Australia’s corporate regulator played a key role during the pandemic. But its critics still aren’t letting up National Affairs Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths and Tom Crowley 8 March 2021 For many women, “Covid normal” isn’t working National Affairs Peter Brent 5 March 2021 Those eleven years of government certainly had an impact, but not the one the Liberal PM is usually credited with
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 4 March 2021 Scandals on Capital Hill point to problems in schools, universities and parliament itself
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 3 March 2021 Ever the optimist, Ross Garnaut has a plan for Australia’s economic future National Affairs Carol Johnson 2 March 2021 How different a prime minister is Scott Morrison from John Howard, who won office a quarter-century ago? National Affairs Adam Triggs 1 March 2021 With hundreds of thousands still unemployed, the Reserve Bank is under growing pressure to do more National Affairs Marian Sawer 1 March 2021 Can Australia learn from how legislatures in other countries are tackling the problem?