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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 National affairs Peter Brent 18 November 2016 Malcolm Turnbull is just the latest victim of Australia’s political system
National affairs Tim Colebatch 18 November 2016 It’s hardly surprising that the International Monetary Fund has urged the federal government to spend more on infrastructure
National affairs Gabrielle Appleby 15 November 2016 George Brandis’s backdown is only the first step in clarifying and protecting the role of this key legal officer National affairs Mike Steketee 11 November 2016 Donald Trump’s support partly reflects genuine economic uncertainties and fears. For Australian governments, the lessons are clear National affairs Tony Blackshield 3 November 2016 The composition of the Senate could rest on the complex issues raised by the cases of Bob Day and Rodney Culleton. And in the background is attorney-general George Brandis’s… National affairs Sam Tyrer 2 November 2016 The Bali Process on forced migration made progress this year, but will governments implement its recommendations?
National affairs Jane Goodall 26 October 2016 One man and two-and-a-half thousand listeners – economist Thomas Piketty takes to the stage at the Sydney Opera House
National affairs Peter Mares 25 October 2016 Changes to migration rules over the past two decades have made it progressively harder to bring ageing parents to Australia. But does a new policy – promised in the heat of… National affairs Joo-Cheong Tham & Malcolm Anderson 20 October 2016 The controversy over foreign political donations can easily be coloured by prejudice. The vital first step is to define what we mean by “foreign” National affairs Jane Goodall 14 October 2016 The government senators who grilled the solicitor-general might have done themselves, and George Brandis, more harm than they realise National affairs Henry Sherrell and Peter Mares 14 October 2016 Attitudes towards a more generous refugee resettlement program are influenced by beliefs about how many migrants arrive each year. But making the calculation isn’t…
National affairs Tony Blackshield 13 October 2016 A tangle of legislation lay behind the case taken by former parliamentarians to protect their superannuation and travel concessions
National affairs Graeme Orr 7 October 2016 With the parties under growing pressure to reform political finance, the only real obstacle is a lack of will National affairs Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick 6 October 2016 Diary of a Climate Scientist | Assessing the contribution of climate change to the South Australian storms isn’t straightforward National affairs Gabrielle Appleby 5 October 2016 From the archive | Relations between the attorney-general and the solicitor-general play a key role in the rule of law in Australia. So what explains George… National affairs David Clune 4 October 2016 A slump in popularity highlights the challenges for Mike Baird’s brand of leadership