National affairs
3 August 2020
The federal government, the Reserve Bank, commercial banks and the exchange rate are in a race to the bottom. This need not be the case
National affairs
31 July 2020
Has the Coalition learnt the wrong lessons from Margaret Thatcher?
National affairs
30 July 2020
The high infection rates reflect a failure to learn from other countries
National affairs
28 July 2020
Outbreaks, vaccines, and the limits of centralised control
National affairs
27 July 2020
Rebuilding confidence in government is a prerequisite for economic reform
National affairs
22 July 2020
With masks shown to be useful only in certain settings, the debate about compulsion is drawing attention away from real pathways of infection
National affairs
22 July 2020
In breaching a key principle of the vice-regal relationship, John Kerr created the conditions for a crisis
National affairs
21 July 2020
Covid-19 has accelerated the emergence of “minilateralism” — but how new is this style of diplomacy?
National affairs
20 July 2020
To be effective, their new versions need to be permanent, generous and consistent
National affairs
17 July 2020
John Maynard Keynes and the proponents of Modern Monetary Theory can agree on at least one thing
National affairs
16 July 2020
A sustainable Covid-19 strategy will mean paying much closer attention to people’s movements, and where they gather along the way
National affairs
15 July 2020
The Queen’s private secretary walked a very fine line during the months leading up to the dismissal
National affairs
13 July 2020
A Biden administration won’t help with China and trade, and might even make things worse
National affairs
13 July 2020
Britain and Australia have reacted very differently to the pandemic’s impact on higher education
National affairs
12 July 2020
State and federal strategies are ignoring where the jobs really are
National affairs
8 July 2020
Checkpoints on the NSW–Victoria border recall more acrimonious moves one hundred years ago
National affairs
7 July 2020
The party’s victory in Eden-Monaro came down to two largely overlooked factors
National affairs
6 July 2020
Victoria’s experience underlines the need to acknowledge that Covid-19 outbreaks are inevitable and prepare better for them
National affairs
6 July 2020
The government should focus less on war preparation and more on war prevention
National affairs
5 July 2020
What does a tight result that’s likely to go Labor’s way tell us about electoral behaviour?
National affairs
2 July 2020
The launch of two new defence reports highlights the government’s preoccupation with military force and the American alliance
National affairs
2 July 2020
Interpreting Saturday’s result is all about context
National affairs
2 July 2020
The Productivity Commission wants a new focus on what works for Indigenous communities
National affairs
1 July 2020
Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court?
National affairs
30 June 2020
Has the spike in cases in Victoria exposed a nationwide problem?
National affairs
26 June 2020
The government’s latest funding plan will reshape higher education
National affairs
25 June 2020
What happens when sport moves from the back pages to the front?
National affairs
22 June 2020
Changes to university fees are just the latest example of successive governments preferring to pick winners than trust markets
National affairs
22 June 2020
Have we been missing the prime cause of the leadership instability that set in ten years ago?
National affairs
19 June 2020
Does the federal government’s heavily qualified apology for the robodebt fiasco suggest that more trouble is on the way?