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National affairs Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire 27 April 2017 In the first of two articles, the Grattan Institute describes the profound effects of housing costs across the economy.
National affairs Henry Sherrell 27 April 2017 The sting in the tail of the new citizenship rules is a wholly unrealistic English-language hurdle National affairs Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick 27 April 2017 Diary of a Climate Scientist | What happens when a scientist is about to become a parent? National affairs Peter Brent 24 April 2017 A lot happened in the past fortnight. But not much happened in Newspoll National affairs Paul Rodan 24 April 2017 Victoria could experience two shortlived governments in a row unless Labor can lift its performance in key areas
National affairs Peter Mares 20 April 2017 The latest changes to temporary migration are more than a rebranding, but they make a complex system even more complicated and are being sold in a way that damages social cohesion
National affairs Tim Colebatch 20 April 2017 Adjusting the intake in response to shifts in employment makes long-term sense National affairs Peter Brent 19 April 2017 How should authorities deal with a fast-growing electoral roll that hasn’t translated into a comparable lift in voting? National affairs Patricia Aufderheide 19 April 2017 More information about the creative process will help unblock the law reform debate National affairs Norman Abjorensen 19 April 2017 Leaders turned wreckers have played a notorious role in Australian politics. Tony Abbott seems determined to continue the tradition, regardless of the growing anger among his…
National affairs David Clune 11 April 2017 Three bad by-election results have increased the pressure on the first female Liberal premier of New South Wales. But an election is still two years away
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 7 April 2017 While the Liberals deal with a series of setbacks, their Coalition partner is facing challenges of its own National affairs John Quiggin 5 April 2017 It’s almost certainly too late for any leader to derail progress towards a decarbonised global economy National affairs Tom Hyland 5 April 2017 The campaign to hide the full truth of Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war continues National affairs Peter Brent 31 March 2017 Who will lead the government to near-certain defeat at the next federal election?
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 31 March 2017 With a Queensland election on the horizon, the party is still coming to terms with the size of the WA loss
National affairs Stephen Duckett 31 March 2017 Tomorrow’s drug price reductions are good news, but more can be done to control spending on pharmaceuticals National affairs Tim Colebatch 28 March 2017 Fortunately, though, there are four things we can do in the short term to alleviate the problem National affairs Lesley Russell 21 March 2017 A promising federal government homelessness strategy dissipated for lack of funding and political will National affairs Rob Hoffman 21 March 2017 Election results in Western Australia and Austria show how unpopular populist policies can be
National affairs Peter Mares 17 March 2017 Injustices sometimes need to be resisted unlawfully, as critics of Sally McManus should know
National affairs Tim Colebatch 16 March 2017 A true story of government controls, utility privatisations, and the incentive to export National affairs Tom Greenwell 15 March 2017 New PISA results confirm that the social makeup of schools affects the performance of individual students National affairs Paul Rodan 13 March 2017 Mark McGowan’s win in Western Australia is good news for Bill Shorten – though not necessarily in the way you’d expect National affairs Tim Colebatch 13 March 2017 WA Labor should immediately tackle the upper house gerrymander – and the federal Coalition needs to use the budget to get back on track
National affairs Graeme Orr 13 March 2017 Urged on by an independent MP, Annastacia Palaszczuk’s government has shown how real-time disclosure can work
National affairs Peter Brent 10 March 2017 The resurgent One Nation faces a reckoning this Saturday night in Western Australia National affairs Stephen Duckett 7 March 2017 As other countries have shown, there are better ways to save half a billion each year in health spending National affairs Norman Abjorensen 7 March 2017 The battle dividing the Liberal Party dates back to Labor’s electoral success during the second world war National affairs James Murphy 6 March 2017 Forget what you’ve heard about infrastructure – it might be time to put the politics back in