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National affairs Whistleblower protection: the larger, more difficult, conversation Gabrielle Appleby 30 July 2013 Would Australia’s new whistleblower laws protect Edward Snowden, asks Gabrielle Appleby National affairs How to break the people smugglers’ real business model Anne McNevin 25 July 2013 Both the government and the opposition are focusing on the wrong problem, writes Anne McNevin National affairs Attentiveness and indifference Klaus Neumann 22 July 2013 Two cases from Europe show that there are other ways of understanding irregular migrants, writes Klaus Neumann National affairs Competition, “autonomy” and schools Dean Ashenden 15 July 2013 It may be that school policy can learn more from the Australian Football League than from Shanghai or Finland, says Dean Ashenden

National affairs The referendum is coming: but are we ready? Jackie Hartley and Paul Kildea 26 June 2013 The referendum campaign is likely to leave voters confused, bored or both, write Jackie Hartley and Paul Kildea. But there are better ways to communicate the cases for and against National affairs Two Canberras, two Kevins Norman Abjorensen 25 June 2013 They aren’t always right in the national capital, but they are this time, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs The government’s media reforms: what 499 readers thought Ken Haley and Andrew Dodd 17 June 2013 What we think about media regulation correlates strongly with what we read, write Ken Haley and Andrew Dodd National affairs Fixing and fiddling on 457s Peter Mares 7 June 2013 The federal government’s reforms of the temporary visa scheme deal with longstanding problems, writes Peter Mares, but there’s more to be done

National affairs How Merlin and Bayliss worked their magic Richard Johnstone 24 April 2013 The State Library of New South Wales’s breathtaking trove of photographs from the 1870s National affairs The growing movement to increase health equity Melissa Sweet 19 April 2013 The evidence is clear and health professionals are taking notice, writes Melissa Sweet. Now it’s time for government to act National affairs Student achievement: frozen by inequity Bernie Shepherd 10 April 2013 Amid the fraught discussions about Gonski, the need to resolve deep-seated problems of equity and student achievement remains urgent, writes Bernie Shepherd National affairs Temporary migration is a permanent thing Peter Mares 29 March 2013 There is a debate to be had about 457 visas, but it’s not the one we’ve been having