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National Affairs Graeme Orr 4 April 2020 How should we stage elections during a health emergency?
National Affairs Abul Rizvi 3 April 2020 The new JobKeeper allowance holds a gun to the heads of more than a million temporary entrants National Affairs John Edwards 1 April 2020 John Curtin has a message for a government grappling with a crisis National Affairs Peter Brent 31 March 2020 Highly strung journalists aren’t doing anyone any favours tweeting about Covid-19 National Affairs Michael Bartos 30 March 2020 Tentative signs of a slowing in Covid-19 cases need to be balanced against the longer-term prospects
National Affairs Adam Triggs 30 March 2020 And that means government spending is overwhelmingly beneficial in these crisis conditions
National Affairs Lesley Russell 29 March 2020 The coronavirus pandemic presents us with difficult choices, locally, nationally and internationally National Affairs Saul Eslake 27 March 2020 What are the best estimates of the pandemic’s impact on the Australian economy and the job market? National Affairs John Quiggin 27 March 2020 The pandemic shows up the weaknesses of nationalism National Affairs Bruce Bradbury and Peter Whiteford 26 March 2020 Dramatic changes to social security have lifted Australia’s welfare performance into the middle rank. But they’re temporary, and anomalies remain
National Affairs Daniel Reeders 26 March 2020 How can government fill the information gap at the heart of Australia’s strategy?
National Affairs Travers McLeod 24 March 2020 Australia can strengthen its response to the pandemic by tapping into a wider circle of expert skills and knowledge National Affairs Ken Hillman 24 March 2020 An intensive care specialist reports on how hospitals are dealing with Covid-19 cases National Affairs Adam Triggs 23 March 2020 Australia and other G20 countries can help minimise Covid-19’s third big economic impact National Affairs Henry Sherrell and Peter Mares 21 March 2020 Temporary visa holders play a vital role in healthcare and the economy — and that’s just one reason why the rules need to keep evolving during the current crisis
National Affairs Jennifer Doggett 20 March 2020 The coronavirus has exposed structural flaws in the way we prevent and treat ill health
National Affairs Bruce Bradbury and Peter Whiteford 20 March 2020 So far, Australia’s help for employees displaced, self-isolating or ill has been less than generous National Affairs Hamish McDonald 19 March 2020 Neither Australia nor Timor-Leste is benefiting from a resource whose value seems greater than the petroleum gas that carries it National Affairs Chris Bonnor and Rachel Wilson with Paul Kidson and Tom Greenwell 16 March 2020 No longer can non-government schools be said to be saving taxpayer dollars National Affairs Adam Triggs 13 March 2020 The government has learned some — but not all — of the lessons of the global financial crisis
National Affairs Peter Brent 11 March 2020 How should Labor react to the government’s stimulus package?
National Affairs Susan Forde 5 March 2020 Conceived as a locally oriented source of world news, Australian Associated Press has fallen victim to a changing media landscape National Affairs Peter Brent 3 March 2020 A Biden candidacy would be the best news on offer for a warming planet National Affairs Adam Triggs 2 March 2020 The coronavirus’s biggest threat comes from panicky consumers and inept policymakers National Affairs Paul Barratt 27 February 2020 The security agency’s first public threat assessment was fine, as far as it went
National Affairs Peter Brent 25 February 2020 … and an obsession with well-paid miners isn’t helping
National Affairs Jennifer Doggett 21 February 2020 Politically motivated spending is dwarfing the controversy that claimed a minister 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