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Essays & reportage Forgetting how to govern Anne Tiernan 3 February 2016 Why do parties have so much trouble learning from past successes and failures, asks Anne Tiernan International Primary time for presidential contenders Lesley Russell 25 January 2016 Aspiring party nominees face a reality check once primaries get under way at the beginning of February, writes Lesley Russell. In the spotlight will be a rising sense of… National affairs The parliamentary route to Indigenous recognition Peter Brent 17 January 2016 There’s a way to recognise Indigenous Australians that bypasses our cantankerous founding document, says Peter Brent Essays & reportage The accidental prime minister Norman Abjorensen 23 December 2015 Circumstances propelled the gregarious John Gorton into the top job, but the party termites quickly got to work

Justin Trudeau’s knockout performance Jonathan Malloy 22 October 2015 Defying electoral logic, Canada’s Liberals came back from the near-dead, writes Jonathan Malloy in Ottawa National affairs Moderate Malcolm Norman Abjorensen 6 October 2015 The party sometimes forgets that Liberal leaders have been most electorally successful when they’ve governed from the centre, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs Timing is everything Peter Brent 30 September 2015 Connecting with voters, exhibiting the common touch, developing a nice line in self-deprecation – none of it works if you become leader at the wrong time, writes Peter Brent Essays & reportage Weather, sharks and the world economy: the luck of the political cycle Andrew Leigh 30 September 2015 When America sneezes, writes Andrew Leigh, Australian state governments catch a cold. And when the weather turns bad, guess who’s held responsible?

National affairs Uneasy lies the head Norman Abjorensen 15 September 2015 Tony Abbott, once a beneficiary of the new, brutally pragmatic treatment of prime ministers by their colleagues, became its victim, writes Norman Abjorensen International Singapore’s flight to safety Michael Barr 14 September 2015 Shortcomings in the Singapore government’s performance were trumped by fears about life after the People’s Action Party, writes Michael D. Barr In a three-way contest, can Stephen Harper defy the odds? Jonathan Malloy 4 September 2015 With two opposition parties competing for Canada’s anti-Conservative vote, the result is impossible to pick, writes Jonathan Malloy in Ottawa International Singapore looks forward to the past fifty years Michael Barr 3 September 2015 A tired government faces a splintered opposition at this month’s election, writes Michael D. Barr, and fresh ideas are at a premium