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National affairs Malcolm on the outer Norman Abjorensen 5 April 2012 The Liberals have displaced Labor as Australia’s tribal political force, writes Norman Abjorensen, and that makes Malcolm Turnbull an odd person out National affairs Wipeout 2012 Brian Costar 27 March 2012 Pundits are predicting a long period of opposition for Queensland Labor, writes Brian Costar, but Campbell Newman faces his own challenges National affairs The double-decker election campaign Jane Goodall 19 March 2012 Up against cumbersome major parties, Bob Katter’s Australian Party has fielded a better-than-expected group of candidates, writes Jane Goodall. But the leader has… National affairs Victoria’s constitutional time bomb Alistair Harkness and Brian Costar 14 March 2012 A major constitutional crisis was narrowly avoided in Victoria, write Alistair Harkness and Brian Costar, but its cause hasn’t gone away

Books & arts Why does Labor exist? Frank Bongiorno 18 November 2011 Labor’s search for meaning needs to go beyond the failures of the post-1996 party, writes Frank Bongiorno National affairs Political integrity: Victoria goes part of the way Joo-Cheong Tham 9 November 2011 More reforms are needed to ensure the integrity of party fundraising and regulate lobbyists in Victoria, writes Joo-Cheong Tham National affairs A hundred years later, it’s time for another vital voting reform Brian Costar 6 October 2011 Out of the clash of interests in federal parliament in 1911 came an enduring electoral reform, writes Brian Costar. An update is long overdue Books & arts What is the voter voting for? Norman Abjorensen 2 September 2011 Norman Abjorensen looks into the mind of the Australian voter

National affairs New South Wales: the verdict Peter Mares 27 March 2011 Radio National’s The National Interest, presented by Inside Story contributor Peter Mares, looks at the implications of the 2011 New South Wales election result National affairs The year Australian politics turned Green Scott Steel 24 March 2011 Scott Steel on some overlooked polling results National affairs Primaries: a second-best option Graeme Orr 27 February 2011 Primaries might work in the United States, but that doesn’t mean they’ll translate easily to Australia, argues Graeme Orr International Brazilians celebrate a coming of age Zuleika Arashiro 4 November 2010 This nation of 192 million people has plenty to celebrate, writes Zuleika Arashiro