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National affairs Peter Brent 21 August 2018 Malcolm Turnbull has survived a spill, but the rebels won’t leave it there
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 20 August 2018 Malcolm Turnbull’s predicament reflects the crisis of modern conservatism National affairs Peter Brent 20 August 2018 Has the Liberal Party passed the point of no return? National affairs Paul Barratt 17 August 2018 Special Forces should not be exempt from the rules of warfare, says a former head of the defence department. But there’s also a deeper question: how do we make the decision to… National affairs Michael Gill 16 August 2018 Electricity-hungry aluminium smelters continue to push for more coal-fired power stations
National affairs Peter Brent 15 August 2018 At least Fraser Anning will be out of parliament by July next year
National affairs James Panichi 14 August 2018 More than twenty years before Emma Husar’s alleged misbehaviour, our correspondent had his own experience of the precarious life of a political staffer National affairs Robin Jeffrey 14 August 2018 Along with the vast increase in migration, most signs point to increased cooperation between Australia and India National affairs Rick Sarre 8 August 2018 Australian and international research can help us distinguish between successful and unsuccessful initiatives National affairs Tim Colebatch 6 August 2018 If the government offers Labor a deal it can accept, it will be rejected by the Coalition’s backbench. It’s hard to escape the obvious conclusion
National affairs Peter Brent 6 August 2018 Under pressure, the prime minister should consider the case of Kevin Michael Rudd
National affairs James Murphy 6 August 2018 The finance industry is over-represented among political donors. But hedging your bets only gets you so far National affairs Paul Rodan 6 August 2018 Some loss of seats seems likely this November, and minority government might be the best Labor can hope for National affairs Julian Thomas 2 August 2018 Against expectations, Fairfax, Nine and the government are running up against the regulator National affairs Gabrielle Appleby 1 August 2018 The Uluru Statement from the Heart is beginning to have an impact in Canberra
National affairs Peter Brent 31 July 2018 If anything, Labor’s stocks have declined in recent weeks. Focusing on by-election victories won’t change that
National affairs Sybil Nolan 31 July 2018 From the archive | The Age’s history shows how Fairfax’s strategy put the paper’s identity at risk National affairs Tim Colebatch 30 July 2018 Judged against previous by-elections in opposition-held seats, the government performed badly on Saturday. The message for Malcolm Turnbull is clear National affairs Peter Brent 29 July 2018 Deft management and misleading polls helped turn Super Saturday into a public relations coup for Labor National affairs Frank Bongiorno 27 July 2018 Australia’s last great media upheaval gave Rupert Murdoch the green light to dominate the press
National affairs Peter Brent 27 July 2018 The votes are tomorrow, and here’s what matters and what doesn’t
National affairs Margaret Simons 26 July 2018 Nine’s takeover is the logical outcome of bad media policy, and we’ll all live with the consequences National affairs Rodney Tiffen 26 July 2018 When Channel Nine last tried to gain control of Fairfax, the broadcaster’s proprietor ran into trouble and an old friendship was sundered National affairs Ruth Armstrong 24 July 2018 How My Health Record went viral for all the wrong reasons National affairs Tim Colebatch 23 July 2018 Experts gathered in Canberra last week to pool their views about China’s forty-year record of economic reform, but Donald Trump’s trade war pushed its way to centrestage
National affairs Tim Colebatch 19 July 2018 Amid a flurry of reports comes the information we need for real progress — and some sobering data
National affairs Peter Brent 19 July 2018 Tony Abbott is an unwelcome presence — for the government at least — amid the tangle of by-elections on 28 July National affairs Paul Rodan 17 July 2018 This month’s by-elections come at a delicate time for Labor, federally and in Queensland National affairs Abul Rizvi 16 July 2018 Has stricter vetting really reduced Australia’s migrant intake? National affairs Peter Brent 11 July 2018 Can Susan Lamb repeat her flukish 2016 win?