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National Affairs James Panichi 24 February 2021 Facebook’s problems with Australian regulators are far from over
National Affairs Pamela Hanrahan 23 February 2021 Has the government’s dislike of class actions coloured its view of listed companies’ responsibilities to investors? National Affairs Benjamin Reilly, John Phillimore, Sarah Murray and Martin Drum 23 February 2021 Former Labor leader Jim McGinty isn’t the only one concerned about Western Australia’s electoral system National Affairs John Quiggin 22 February 2021 Power failures in the United States highlight system problems half a world away National Affairs Judith Ireland 19 February 2021 Is parliament at last recognising the deep problems in its own work culture?
National Affairs Harry Hobbs 18 February 2021 Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton’s attempt to unite “sovereign citizens” recalls earlier efforts to step outside Australian law
National Affairs Chris Bonnor 18 February 2021 Good intentions won’t solve the problem of Australia’s increasingly segregated school system National Affairs Peter Brent 17 February 2021 Has Labor written the Coalition’s script for the next election campaign? National Affairs Paul Rodan 16 February 2021 What do past results tell us about the next federal election? National Affairs Catherine Bennett 15 February 2021 Are short, sharp lockdowns working?
National Affairs Adam Triggs 15 February 2021 The Labor and Liberal parties are in a race to the bottom in too many areas of economic policy
National Affairs Peter Mares 15 February 2021 Australia’s housing market goes crazy — again National Affairs Robert Milliken 12 February 2021 Craig Kelly is just the latest hardline conservative to cause trouble within the Liberal Party, and he’s unlikely to be the last National Affairs Peter Brent 11 February 2021 Australia’s climate policy failures are set to create a new revenue stream for major trading partners National Affairs Carol Johnson 11 February 2021 History shows where Anthony Albanese’s IR push is likely to run into trouble
National Affairs Hamish McDonald 9 February 2021 A new president in the White House means a new American ambassador in Canberra
National Affairs Harry Hobbs 8 February 2021 Does Sweden’s Sámediggi offer lessons for Australia’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament? National Affairs Mike Steketee 5 February 2021 The superannuation guarantee shouldn’t rise until the system is made fairer National Affairs Pamela Hanrahan 2 February 2021 The Reddit army has upped the ante for market regulators, including Australia’s National Affairs Adam Triggs 1 February 2021 Crime has plummeted in Australia, and new research suggests some surprising causes
National Affairs Peter Brent 1 February 2021 Covid-19 has been good to governments, but will the effect last?
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 26 January 2021 The case for changes to Australia’s honours system has become overwhelming National Affairs David Peetz 17 December 2020 Casual employment can be fixed, but not the way the government wants to do it National Affairs Peter Brent 16 December 2020 Why we’re still trying to understand the “Morrison miracle” (and other great polling failures) National Affairs Edward Aspinall 14 December 2020 Signs suggest that Australia hasn’t learned from its experience with China
National Affairs John Quiggin 14 December 2020 On climate change, the world is moving on around us
National Affairs Giles Tanner & Jock Given 8 December 2020 The government’s media reform green paper raises big issues. But should it be thinking even bigger? National Affairs Adam Triggs 7 December 2020 By grossly underestimating the number of Australians stuck overseas, the government is glossing over one of its biggest failures National Affairs Peter Brent 7 December 2020 Focusing on the outer suburbs could lead Labor into deep trouble National Affairs Tim Colebatch 3 December 2020 Overall, it worked. But there’s still much to be done