National affairs
3 March 2011
The experience of the renewable energy target suggests that a carbon tax will work better than a market-based approach to climate change, writes Brian Toohey
National affairs
2 March 2011
Geoffrey Barker reports on a debate about the implications of China’s growing economic and military power
National affairs
1 March 2011
Like its British counterpart, the Labor Party is grappling with wider, conflicting trends in political participation, writes Rob Manwaring
National affairs
27 February 2011
Primaries might work in the United States, but that doesn’t mean they’ll translate easily to Australia, argues Graeme Orr
National affairs
25 February 2011
Australian climate policy lacks a guiding philosophy
National affairs
17 February 2011
Markets and demand are transforming the health system, but the policy debate isn’t catching up, writes James Gillespie
National affairs
11 February 2011
The findings of Ross Garnaut’s update reports increase the pressure for Australia to adopt a carbon price, writes Frank Jotzo
National affairs
4 February 2011
Regardless of their long-term significance, China’s defence decisions are creating unease in South Asia, writes Geoffrey Barker
National affairs
3 February 2011
Left to themselves, many employees would spend the money that goes into superannuation on raising a family, paying off a mortgage or pursuing further education. Compulsion robs…
National affairs
20 January 2011
The federal government needs to clarify its policy goals, writes Geoffrey Barker
National affairs
19 January 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVE | The federal government has announced a private inquiry into the treatment of Mamdouh Habib. Australia should follow Canada’s lead and launch an open…
National affairs
16 January 2011
Unprecedented weather events are now to be expected, but we still don’t expect them, writes our correspondent in Toowoomba
National affairs
23 December 2010
Democracy not only depends on trust, it thrives on it, writes former intelligence analyst Paul Barratt. But the WikiLeaks cables show that Australian political leaders…
National affairs
10 December 2010
WikiLeaks is the product of a time of great stress in the international system, argues Tony Kevin
National affairs
9 December 2010
A casual reference to the use of force underlines the flaws in Kevin Rudd’s thinking about Australia’s largest trading partner, writes Brian Toohey
National affairs
9 December 2010
The WikiLeaks revelations about Kevin Rudd’s views on China show that the foreign minister is well within the mainstream of western thinking, writes Geoffrey Barker
National affairs
7 December 2010
Since 1996 Newstart for a single person has fallen from around 54 per cent to 45 per cent of the after-tax minimum wage, writes Peter Whiteford. It isn’t enough to live on
National affairs
2 December 2010
Forty-one years after the declaration of the principle of equal pay, we’re still not there, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs
23 November 2010
Public–private partnerships have turned out to be an expensive way of plugging infrastructure gaps, writes Nicholas Gruen. The evidence shows that governments need…
National affairs
22 November 2010
The agreement delivered few, if any, of the benefits promised by its advocates, writes John Quiggin, but its adverse consequences have also been more limited than many…
National affairs
18 November 2010
American-born Sara Dowse traces the career of American-born NSW premier Kristina Keneally
National affairs
18 November 2010
Officials from Australia and eight other Pacific countries meet in Auckland on 6 December to begin their fourth round of negotiations for a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement.…
National affairs
9 November 2010
Norway has taken the lead in peacemaking and other international initiatives, writes John Langmore. Australia can learn from its example
National affairs
3 November 2010
Buybacks aren’t the only way to reduce the amount of water being taken out of the system, argues Brian Toohey
National affairs
28 October 2010
Joe Hockey is right – the banks are doing very well indeed. But reducing their power isn’t simple, writes Milind Sathye
National affairs
26 October 2010
Climate change efforts are becoming more decentralised, writes Stephen Howes, so we’ll need to make the most of a bottom-up approach
National affairs
22 October 2010
Barnaby Joyce praising Canberra? It’s a reminder of the mixed feelings evoked by the national capital, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs
6 October 2010
The parliamentary debate on the war needs to face up to its costs and the lack of progress, writes Brian Toohey
National affairs
6 October 2010
The expanded Education Tax Refund should be on the list of election promises up for reappraisal, writes Daniel Nethery
National affairs
29 September 2010
The army’s response to the leaked email from Afghanistan betrays internal tension and an intolerance of outside scrutiny, writes Geoffrey Barker