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Essays & reportage Institutionalised inequality Chris Bonnor & Bernie Shepherd 21 September 2016 With education ministers meeting this week to discuss school funding, a close look at the figures reveals large differences between states and sectors National affairs Where to for welfare? Daniel Nethery & Peter Whiteford 9 September 2016 The Coalition’s proposed budget cuts would have a disproportionate impact on low-income groups, write Peter Whiteford and Daniel Nethery in this detailed… Essays & reportage What Gonski really meant, and how that’s been forgotten almost everywhere Ken Boston 6 September 2016 Governments began watering down Gonski’s school-funding recommendations right from the start, says panel member Ken Boston. But New South Wales shows how it could have been Essays & reportage Green and pleasant memories Tom Bamforth 11 August 2016 Tom Bamforth discovers the afterlife of Melbourne’s Olympic village

National affairs Welfare myths and the luck of life Andrew Leigh 28 May 2015 There’s no such thing as “us” and “them,” writes Andrew Leigh. A good social safety net is there for all of us International New Zealand’s conservatives take on disadvantage Tim Colebatch 25 May 2015 The NZ government sees economic as well as social benefits in breaking cycles of poverty and imprisonment. Although the policy has its critics, it’s worth watching, writes… Books & arts An ethical tightrope across Struggle Street Jane Goodall 8 May 2015 Television | “Poverty porn” it isn’t, but the aims of Struggle Street still worry Jane Goodall National affairs School equity: from bad to worse Chris Bonnor & Bernie Shepherd 22 October 2014 Gonski got it right, and in the years since he reported his findings have become more relevant than ever, write Chris Bonnor and Bernie Shepherd

National affairs Is Australia’s welfare system unsustainable? Peter Whiteford 10 February 2014 Figures from the past two decades challenge the view that the welfare budget is out of control, writes Peter Whiteford, and help us understand the likely impact of future… Correspondents A “true progressive” takes on New York’s inequality problem Peter Mares 23 December 2013 After serving a maximum three terms as mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg will be replaced by Democrat Bill de Blasio on New Year’s Day. As Peter Mares reports… Essays & reportage Poverty in a time of prosperity Peter Whiteford 15 September 2013 Measured by income, most Australians have never had it so good. But some groups are falling dramatically behind. Peter Whiteford warns of the dangers of residualising the poor Books & arts An American story told through Americans’ stories Lesley Russell 11 September 2013 Lesley Russell reviews a sweeping account of the United States in the twenty-first century by New Yorker writer George Packer