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National affairs
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Five things we learned in Eden-Monaro
Peter Brent
5 July 2020
What does a tight result that’s likely to go Labor’s way tell us about electoral behaviour?
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Australia’s soft-power gap
Paul Barratt
2 July 2020
The launch of two new defence reports highlights the government’s preoccupation with military force and the American alliance
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Who’ll be the real winner in Eden-Monaro?
Peter Brent
2 July 2020
Interpreting Saturday’s result is all about context
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Closing the (effectiveness) gap
Peter Mares
2 July 2020
The Productivity Commission wants a new focus on what works for Indigenous communities
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Shift in numbers, shift in culture
Kim Rubenstein
1 July 2020
Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court?
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Pandemic fatigue
Michael Bartos
30 June 2020
Has the spike in cases in Victoria exposed a nationwide problem?
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The hidden transformation of university research
David Peetz
26 June 2020
The government’s latest funding plan will reshape higher education
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Speaking freely in special clothing
Graeme Orr
25 June 2020
What happens when sport moves from the back pages to the front?
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Has the government given up on markets?
Adam Triggs
22 June 2020
Changes to university fees are just the latest example of successive governments preferring to pick winners than trust markets
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Regrets? We’ve had a few
Peter Brent
22 June 2020
Have we been missing the prime cause of the leadership instability that set in ten years ago?
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Machine learning
Mike Steketee
19 June 2020
Does the federal government’s heavily qualified apology for the robodebt fiasco suggest that more trouble is on the way?
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Spoils of office
Paul Rodan
18 June 2020
This week’s branch-stacking revelations highlight the sharp decline in philosophical differences among Labor’s factions
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Crashing through
Norman Abjorensen
18 June 2020
The last time federal Labor intervened in Victoria, Gough Whitlam had his sights on The Lodge
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Post-pandemic, here’s the case for a participation income
John Quiggin
18 June 2020
For less than the cost of the Coalition’s Stage 3 tax cuts, Australians can be paid adequately to look for work or participate in socially useful activities
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The four-and-a-half-decade higher education squeeze
Rodney Tiffen
17 June 2020
Calls for universities to reduce their reliance on international students ignore the incentives created by successive governments
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Second-wave days
Michael Bartos
16 June 2020
As the quest for a Covid-19 vaccine continues, effective mitigation strategies are proving their worth
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How disasters are shaping Australians’ news habits
Sora Park, Caroline Fisher, Jee Young Lee and Kieran McGuinness
16 June 2020
A new study tracks the rise in news consumption during the bushfires and the pandemic — and finds a glimmer of hope for publishers
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Scott Morrison’s G7 tightrope
Adam Triggs
15 June 2020
Australia’s participation in Donald Trump’s G7 summit risks alienating Asia, the region that’s crucial for our economic recovery
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A friend on the outside
Robert Milliken
12 June 2020
Two major inquiries have recommended a simple measure to reduce Aboriginal deaths in custody. So why have most states taken so long to act?
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Less foreign investment makes Australia less secure
Adam Triggs
9 June 2020
There are security risks in having foreign investment, but bigger risks in not having it
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Everything is connected
Michael Bartos
7 June 2020
Network effects, good and bad, have influenced responses to Covid-19
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Can the drift be stopped?
Hamish McDonald
4 June 2020
A new voice in the Australian Jewish community retains hopes of a two-state solution to the Israel–Palestine conflict
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Five weeks have been a long time in Eden-Monaro
Peter Brent
3 June 2020
Labor’s chances of winning the closely watched seat have improved — but don’t bet your house on it
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Can we break the climate cycle?
Tristan Edis
1 June 2020
Human psychology might finally be on the side of decisive action to decarbonise Australia’s economy
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Split system
John Quiggin
1 June 2020
Covid-19 has exposed deep flaws in the structure of Australia’s higher education system
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Need growth? Scrap policies that favour rich people and monopolies
Adam Triggs
1 June 2020
Breaking self-perpetuating cycles of rising inequality will be key to Australia’s economic recovery
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Asia illiteracy
Edward Aspinall
27 May 2020
A national institution’s inward turn comes at a strange time
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Are we in Accord?
Frank Bongiorno
27 May 2020
Whatever Scott Morrison has in mind, it doesn’t sound a lot like the 1980s Labor–union agreement
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Covid-19’s second wave
Lesley Russell
26 May 2020
Government can do more to flatten the mental illness curve
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A chance to do better for migrants, and for the economy
Annabel Brown and Caitlin McCaffrie
25 May 2020
Covid-19 has exposed the flaws in Australia’s treatment of temporary migrants. Fortunately, a blueprint for change already exists
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