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National affairs The revolt of the Liberal moderates Mike Steketee 12 March 2021 Faced with the outsized power of a minority within the parliamentary party, small “l” Liberals are finally getting organised From the archive John Howard’s trickle-down legacy Peter Brent 5 March 2021 Those eleven years of government certainly had an impact, but not the one the Liberal PM is usually credited with From the archive But how liberal was he? Stuart Macintyre 4 March 2021 David Kemp’s multi-volume history of Australian liberalism continues into the Menzies era National affairs Have the times suited them? Carol Johnson 2 March 2021 How different a prime minister is Scott Morrison from John Howard, who won office a quarter-century ago?

National affairs Happy anniversary? Peter Brent 18 May 2020 A year after its re-election, the Coalition is riding high. But how long will that last? National affairs Walking wounded Peter Brent 14 February 2020 Scott Morrison will always have 18 May 2019, but is that enough? National affairs In defence of Bridget McKenzie Ian McAuley 30 January 2020 The National Party minister has become the scapegoat for systemically poor administration National affairs How good is Matt Kean? Brett Evans 22 January 2020 The NSW environment minister wasn’t speaking only on his own behalf

National affairs For both parties, the lessons of the election are clear Michael Gill 22 May 2019 Strategies that pander to the party “base” have been thoroughly discredited National affairs Who is Santo Santoro? Paul Williams 12 April 2019 The one-time Liberal senator was back in the news this week after cash-for-access revelations involving home affairs minister Peter Dutton National affairs Raking through the embers of Labor’s loss Tim Colebatch 25 March 2019 Two different elections took place on Saturday, and the opposition won neither of them National affairs Awake at the wheel David Clune 24 March 2019 Gladys Berejiklian’s historic win was partly good luck but mainly good management