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National affairs Whitlam’s message to Labor Carol Johnson 16 August 2021 Neutralising Coalition fear campaigns isn’t enough. Anthony Albanese needs to evoke positive emotions too National affairs Can Scott Morrison reinvent himself? Carol Johnson 27 July 2021 The lingering virus has thrown the Coalition’s re-election strategy into disarray National affairs Rolling out the barrel Ian McAuley 16 July 2021 Electoral bribery is expensive, wasteful and probably ineffective. And why is Canberra funding car parks anyway? National affairs Cometh the hour Peter Brent 13 July 2021 We only find out what kind of PM a politician makes once they’re in office. But who’s most likely to get there?

Correspondents Waiting for “that big lout” to rise up Klaus Neumann 28 March 2021 What two men tell us about the evolution of German right-wing populism National affairs Enemies of my enemy Peter Brent 24 March 2021 Liberal preferences could make or break the Greens’ ambitions in the lower house. Will Jeff Kennett come to the rescue? National affairs Borrowed time Rodney Tiffen 19 March 2021 Trigger-happy state opposition MPs seem set on repeating the mistakes of the past National affairs Landslide in the west John Phillimore 15 March 2021 A remarkable win underlines deep problems for Scott Morrison’s colleagues in Western Australia

National affairs Early-election watching Peter Brent 1 February 2021 Covid-19 has been good to governments, but will the effect last? National affairs The polls, and nothing but the polls Peter Brent 16 December 2020 Why we’re still trying to understand the “Morrison miracle” (and other great polling failures) International Another populist moment? Brett Meyer 10 December 2020 What do Covid-19 and the defeat of Donald Trump mean for right-wing authoritarians around the world? National affairs The worst of both worlds? Peter Brent 7 December 2020 Focusing on the outer suburbs could lead Labor into deep trouble