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Covid-19
National affairs
The new power of Nev Power
Brett Evans
20 May 2020
Is the PM’s recovery supremo the right person for the job?
Books & arts
Screen production in a time of pandemic
Nick Herd
20 May 2020
Australian-based production is beginning its slow recovery
National affairs
Journalists on the ramparts
Hamish McDonald
20 May 2020
Has the press gallery forgotten we’re not at war with China?
Essays & reportage
Which side are you on?
Michael Bartos
18 May 2020
Is the Trump administration using the pandemic to reorder the international landscape?
National affairs
Happy anniversary?
Peter Brent
18 May 2020
A year after its re-election, the Coalition is riding high. But how long will that last?
National affairs
Snapback? Fiscal stimulus hasn’t even started yet
Adam Triggs
18 May 2020
The government would be wise to abandon the idea that we can return to normal without a post-lockdown stimulus program
National affairs
Keeping watch on Covid-19 laws
Sarah Moulds
14 May 2020
Are parliamentary committees up to the job?
International
Borrowed place, borrowed time?
Hamish McDonald
13 May 2020
Hong Kong seems to be heading into a long summer of trials, protests and electoral disqualifications
National affairs
Covid-19 and the threat of inflation
Adam Triggs
12 May 2020
An old foe could re-emerge in some parts of the economy if government reforms don’t reduce the cost of doing business
Correspondents
Tipping points
Klaus Neumann
12 May 2020
Germany’s anti-lockdown protests aren’t only about the coronavirus
National affairs
The first genomic pandemic
Michael Bartos
11 May 2020
The virus’s genome has been at the centre of the vast output of research findings
National affairs
Covid-19 trade-offs: the full story
James Morley
8 May 2020
Partial accounts of the economic and health effects of Australia’s response understate its success
Essays & reportage
Shakespeare goes viral
Robert White
7 May 2020
Does our pandemic shed new light on the playwright and his work?
National affairs
The powerful case for a participation income
John Quiggin
6 May 2020
Now the pandemic has shown “workplace reform” to be a dead end, let’s take JobSeeker and JobKeeper to their logical conclusion
Essays & reportage
Is history our post-pandemic guide?
Frank Bongiorno
6 May 2020
What can previous crises tell us about the prospects for progressive reform after Covid-19?
National affairs
Labor’s mixed migration message
Peter Mares
6 May 2020
Kristina Keneally has confused an important debate
International
Geopolitics meets pandemic in the Pacific
Nic Maclellan
6 May 2020
As Pacific island nations reel from Cyclone Harold and the coronavirus, US–China tensions are complicating the path to recovery
International
Xanana Gusmão’s new parliamentary coalition collapses
Michael Leach
5 May 2020
… and its biggest party has asked the Court of Appeal to rule on presidential decision-making
National affairs
Knowns and unknowns
Michael Bartos
5 May 2020
Another week of pandemic responses highlights the uncertainties ahead
International
India’s corona casualties
Assa Doron
4 May 2020
India’s firm action has been undermined by religious prejudice and poverty
National affairs
The high price of sovereignty
Adam Triggs
4 May 2020
Those calling for an economically independent Australia neglect to mention the huge costs it would impose on living standards
National affairs
How Covid-19 is reshaping the way we see healthcare
Ian McAuley
4 May 2020
The pandemic has challenged the idea that “society” and “the economy” are separable
Essays & reportage
Collateral damage
Mark Finnane
2 May 2020
Like the epidemic itself, the policing of Spanish flu controls fell unevenly on the population
Essays & reportage
What are we learning from the coronavirus?
Lesley Russell
29 April 2020
A massive medical research effort is producing almost as many questions as answers
National affairs
Matching politics and economics
Adam Triggs
27 April 2020
Post–Covid-19 economic reforms will fail without a national political framework to get them done
National affairs
Panopticon in your pocket
Michael Bartos
27 April 2020
The government releases its COVIDSafe app, and research continues around the globe
National affairs
The man, the times, the party
Peter Brent
27 April 2020
Scott Morrison meets the ghost of Richard Nixon
Books & arts
Crisis with no soundtrack
Andrew Ford
25 April 2020
Music
| Why has Australia been so much less generous to locked-down artists than Britain or Germany?
National affairs
There is an alternative to lockdowns
Tim Colebatch
24 April 2020
Australia’s success in dealing with the coronavirus means we should move quickly to “test, trace and quarantine”
International
Giving back to Vanuatu
Murray Garde and Margaret Jolly
24 April 2020
Coming on top of recent volcanic activity, Cyclone Harold and Covid-19 are a dual challenge for the island nation
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