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National affairs Heading south Rob Manwaring 22 October 2021 South Australia’s Liberals have been creating national headlines for all the wrong reasons National affairs State of exception Norman Abjorensen 3 October 2021 The distinctive political culture of New South Wales could reach its apogee — with national effects — when Dominic Perrottet takes the top job Essays & reportage Quiet Australian Hamish McDonald 29 July 2021 Marise Payne has much to contend with as foreign minister in the Morrison government Books & arts A Liberal’s case for the Voice to Parliament Tim Rowse 9 July 2021 Andrew Bragg is on the right side of the debate, but the gaps in his argument are revealing

Books & arts “I’m the best of them” Patrick Mullins 19 March 2021 Books | Was this Liberal prime minister his own worst enemy? 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

Essays & reportage After Menzies Paul Rodan 25 May 2020 A young masters student talks to figures at the centre of the Liberal Party’s growing instability in the mid 1960s 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