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National affairs David Clune 6 March 2017 The WA premier has drawn the wrong lesson from Mike Baird’s 2015 election win
National affairs Tim Colebatch 3 March 2017 By forcing Malcolm Turnbull to behave like Tony Abbott, the Nationals have gravely damaged the government. But Black Jack McEwen showed how that can change National affairs Lesley Russell 1 March 2017 The federal government’s plan for “stepped care” needs fine-tuning National affairs John Quiggin 27 February 2017 Critics of extended formal education misunderstand the demands of the modern workplace National affairs Jane Millar & Peter Whiteford 27 February 2017 The Centrelink overpayments controversy highlights shortcomings in social security reforms in Australia and Britain
National affairs Tim Colebatch 24 February 2017 Labor is creating unrealistic expectations by refusing to accept the decision of the umpire it created
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 22 February 2017 Like his predecessors, Malcolm Turnbull needs to find his inner storyteller National affairs Peter Brent 21 February 2017 Malcolm Turnbull will be the next victim of the growing gap between Liberal Party diehards and the election-deciding majority National affairs Tim Colebatch 17 February 2017 Malcolm Turnbull is staking his government on policies that are widely opposed and hard to defend National affairs Peter Kennedy 14 February 2017 A blizzard of factors makes the election result next month hard to pick
National affairs Rob Hoffman 10 February 2017 The prospects aren’t good for Cory Bernardi and the parties of the disaffected Australian right
National affairs Giles Parkinson 10 February 2017 The Coalition is chasing the wrong target, despite all the evidence National affairs Jane Goodall 8 February 2017 There’s plenty of politics on ABC TV’s weekly evening marathon, but is the national broadcaster taking it all seriously enough? National affairs Peter Brent 8 February 2017 Cory Bernardi’s defection is unlikely to excite voters or inflict lasting damage on the government National affairs Norman Abjorensen 8 February 2017 This week’s events underline the fact that Liberals are still struggling with the question of how they can be more than simply an anti-Labor party
National affairs Marian Sawer & Anika Gauja 1 February 2017 New rules for parliamentary entitlements will improve transparency and accountability. But do they go far enough?
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 27 January 2017 Political life has always had an ambivalent relationship with verifiable facts National affairs Peter Brent 27 January 2017 Translating the national vote into a fair election result shouldn’t be too hard. But neither the United States nor Australia has cracked it National affairs Lesley Russell 23 January 2017 A strong minister will look beyond doctors and hospitals to improve Australians’ health National affairs Norman Abjorensen 19 January 2017 A remarkable drop in polling figures preceded Mike Baird’s resignation announcement today
National affairs Peter Brent 6 January 2017 There are many reasons why Western Australia’s government could change in March. Then there are the wild cards, including One Nation
National affairs Peter Brent 28 December 2016 Electorally speaking, Cory Bernardi is on the wrong Coalition faultline National affairs Tim Colebatch 20 December 2016 The government still won’t acknowledge why the deficit isn’t going away, but it’s not too late to take some simple steps National affairs William Coleman 19 December 2016 Is Australia caught in a Panglossian clench? The editor of Only in Australia responds to Inside Story’s review National affairs Tessa Morris-Suzuki 16 December 2016 Controversy over a statue in the city’s inner west has deep historical roots
National affairs Jon Altman 16 December 2016 The abolition of Community Development Employment Projects has undermined economic renewal in remote Indigenous communities
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 9 December 2016 The political year is drawing to a close with government increasingly in the hands of the Liberal Party’s most conservative MPs National affairs Henry Sherrell & Peter Mares & Anna Boucher 9 December 2016 Making migrants “provisional” risks Australia’s multicultural success National affairs Peter Brent 8 December 2016 Does New Zealand have a simple recipe for political success? National affairs Norman Abjorensen 28 November 2016 Australia isn’t entirely immune to the forces unleashed in Europe and the United States