National affairs
7 October 2020
The government needs to do more to share the risks during the recovery
Essays & reportage
29 September 2020
With governments unwilling to fix taxes or borrow, perhaps even Ronald Reagan has something to teach us
National affairs
11 September 2020
How one economist came to have doubts about the plan to lift the compulsory superannuation contribution rate
National affairs
2 September 2020
It’s time to recognise the multiplier effect of investing in early childhood education
Essays & reportage
31 August 2020
Can the latest push to evaluate Indigenous programs really Close the Gap?
National affairs
11 August 2020
Adrian Piccoli’s plan to fully fund non-government schools would reduce educational inequality
Essays & reportage
23 July 2020
The struggle to eliminate racism from Australian healthcare has been given new momentum
Essays & reportage
21 July 2020
Rather than handing over the job to charities and philanthropists, it’s time for Western governments to act decisively
National affairs
1 June 2020
Breaking self-perpetuating cycles of rising inequality will be key to Australia’s economic recovery
National affairs
9 April 2020
A new settlement might just appeal to Coalition supporters, and to Labor’s
National affairs
26 March 2020
Dramatic changes to social security have lifted Australia’s welfare performance into the middle rank. But they’re temporary, and anomalies remain
National affairs
20 March 2020
The coronavirus has exposed structural flaws in the way we prevent and treat ill health
National affairs
20 March 2020
So far, Australia’s help for employees displaced, self-isolating or ill has been less than generous
Summer season
16 March 2020
No longer can non-government schools be said to be saving taxpayer dollars
National affairs
20 February 2020
The aftermath of the fires is a perfect opportunity to test the concept of a basic income
Books & arts
16 February 2020
What explains the apparent success of populist politics?
From the archive
24 January 2020
The decades-long expansion of public funding to private schools has done the opposite of what its proponents claim
Books & arts
9 December 2019
Books | What if meritocracy is almost as rigid as the system it replaced?
Essays & reportage
9 December 2019
Only fifteen minutes from Parliament House, four Canberra schools reveal the growing segregation in Australian education — and how government policy is at its heart
Books & arts
3 December 2019
Another bad PISA report suggests that Australia has not learned the basic lesson: school reform won’t work in the absence of major structural change
Books & arts
22 October 2019
Books | Most of us are cosmopolitan, but how does that mean we should behave?
Essays & reportage
15 October 2019
How young lawyers are leading the backlash against the biggest companies
Books & arts
4 October 2019
Books | Does gender and race fully explain the discrimination faced by women of colour?
National affairs
1 October 2019
Uncertain goals and doubts about effectiveness have prompted a major reappraisal
National affairs
2 September 2019
The federal government made it clear at the National Housing Conference that significant new spending isn’t likely
Essays & reportage
19 August 2019
Despite their lingering power, banks and financiers needn’t be untouchable
Books & arts
16 August 2019
Books | Whatever its virtues, more free trade isn’t a slogan likely to win over sceptical voters
National affairs
8 August 2019
Despite the scare campaigns, an inheritance tax makes a lot of economic sense
National affairs
10 July 2019
Whichever way you measure it, Australia’s unemployment benefit is far from being “one of the best safety nets, if not the best, of anywhere in the world”
National affairs
7 June 2019
Part of Labor’s housing strategy could be adapted to lift affordability, and might just appeal to the government