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Zooming in or zooming out?
Hamish McDonald
21 July 2020
Covid-19 has accelerated the emergence of “minilateralism” — but how new is this style of diplomacy?
National affairs
JobKeeper and JobSeeker 2.0 look like failing three vital tests
Adam Triggs
20 July 2020
To be effective, their new versions need to be permanent, generous and consistent
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No time for austerity
John Quiggin
17 July 2020
John Maynard Keynes and the proponents of Modern Monetary Theory can agree on at least one thing
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Taking it to a new level
Michael Bartos
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
“I think you are playing the ‘Vice-Regal’ hand with skill and wisdom”
Mike Steketee
15 July 2020
The Queen’s private secretary walked a very fine line during the months leading up to the dismissal
National affairs
Don’t expect President Biden to fix Australia’s international problems
Adam Triggs
13 July 2020
A Biden administration won’t help with China and trade, and might even make things worse
National affairs
Universities, a shared crisis, and two centre-right governments
Glyn Davis
13 July 2020
Britain and Australia have reacted very differently to the pandemic’s impact on higher education
National affairs
Hard-hat utopians
John Quiggin
12 July 2020
State and federal strategies are ignoring where the jobs really are
National affairs
Policing the borders
Jane McAdam
8 July 2020
Checkpoints on the NSW–Victoria border recall more acrimonious moves one hundred years ago
National affairs
Labor’s preferential treatment
Tim Colebatch
7 July 2020
The party’s victory in Eden-Monaro came down to two largely overlooked factors
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A lesson in humility
Michael Bartos
6 July 2020
Victoria’s experience underlines the need to acknowledge that Covid-19 outbreaks are inevitable and prepare better for them
National affairs
Raising the price of war
Adam Triggs
6 July 2020
The government should focus less on war preparation and more on war prevention
National affairs
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?
National affairs
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
National affairs
Who’ll be the real winner in Eden-Monaro?
Peter Brent
2 July 2020
Interpreting Saturday’s result is all about context
National affairs
Closing the (effectiveness) gap
Peter Mares
2 July 2020
The Productivity Commission wants a new focus on what works for Indigenous communities
National affairs
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?
National affairs
Pandemic fatigue
Michael Bartos
30 June 2020
Has the spike in cases in Victoria exposed a nationwide problem?
National affairs
The hidden transformation of university research
David Peetz
26 June 2020
The government’s latest funding plan will reshape higher education
National affairs
Speaking freely in special clothing
Graeme Orr
25 June 2020
What happens when sport moves from the back pages to the front?
National affairs
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
National affairs
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?
National affairs
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?
National affairs
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
National affairs
Crashing through
Norman Abjorensen
18 June 2020
The last time federal Labor intervened in Victoria, Gough Whitlam had his sights on The Lodge
National affairs
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
National affairs
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
National affairs
Second-wave days
Michael Bartos
16 June 2020
As the quest for a Covid-19 vaccine continues, effective mitigation strategies are proving their worth
National affairs
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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