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National affairs War games Peter Brent 7 September 2014 Despite the commentary, there’s no evidence that a significant number of voters want a prime minister on war footing, writes Peter Brent National affairs Evidence-free policy: the Pyne reforms to higher education Peter McPhee 1 September 2014 Christopher Pyne says there is no alternative to his deregulatory reforms. The evidence suggests otherwise, writes Peter McPhee National affairs Who’s losing their base? Peter Brent 21 August 2014 When “Howard’s battlers” defected from Labor in 1996, political commentators shifted their focus to Sydney’s western suburbs, writes Peter Brent.… National affairs Climate change and the intellectual decline of the right John Quiggin 18 August 2014 No arguments seem to sway right-wing politicians and commentators in the United States and Australia, says John Quiggin. Will we have to wait for demography to do its work?

National affairs How reactive law-making will limit the accountability of ASIO Jessie Blackbourn & Nicola Mcgarrity 24 July 2014 The Coalition’s new security legislation shows that it hasn’t learnt the lessons of twelve years of terrorism law-making, write Jessie Blackbourn and Nicola McGarrity National affairs The upsides of the gun buyback Andrew Leigh 18 July 2014 Yes, John Howard’s scheme did reduce gun deaths National affairs And the rest say “no” Peter Brent 17 July 2014 There’s a pattern to the success of attempts to change the Australian constitution, writes Peter Brent, with lessons for advocates of Indigenous recognition National affairs Back to the future with antibiotic resistance Chris Del Mar 17 July 2014 The evidence has been clear for years: without a cutback in the use of antibiotics, healthcare faces major disruption

National affairs Mr Gonski and the social contract Dean Ashenden 22 May 2014 Neither Labor nor the Coalition is rising to the challenge posed by Gonski, writes Dean Ashenden National affairs When Gough Whitlam helped out with the woodchopping Paul Rodan 22 May 2014 Poorly judged preselections are a problem for both major parties, writes Paul Rodan, and the electoral implications are becoming clearer National affairs Bringing the ABC back home Jock Given 16 May 2014 In the online age, every national broadcaster is an international broadcaster, writes Jock Given. So it’s strange to find that the government wants to restrict the… National affairs A hard landing for the ABC’s version of soft diplomacy Rodney Tiffen 16 May 2014 Cutting funding attacks the ABC’s international role via the back door, argues Rodney Tiffen