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National affairs Bragging rights Peter Brent 11 December 2014 Being in government is a chance to make the case that you’re a world-class economic manager, writes Peter Brent. Labor forgot that fact and will keep suffering the results National affairs After Abbott? Norman Abjorensen 9 December 2014 A lean field of leadership contenders could help the prime minister hang onto his job, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs More reasons why the Abbott budget is so hard to sell Tim Colebatch 5 December 2014 The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem, writes Tim Colebatch National affairs Gap year Peter Browne 28 November 2014 The polls are showing how far the Coalition has drifted from the mainstream, writes Peter Browne. The problems go back to well before the May budget

National affairs When Gough Whitlam helped out with the woodchopping Paul Rodan 22 May 2014 Poorly judged preselections are a problem for both major parties, writes Paul Rodan, and the electoral implications are becoming clearer National affairs Joe Hockey and the ghost of Bob Menzies Norman Abjorensen 14 May 2014 This week’s budget raises the question of whom the Liberal Party now represents, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs What does the Liberal Party stand for? Peter Browne 24 December 2013 Like his recent predecessors, Tony Abbott came to office without a clear mandate, writes Peter Browne. That’s turned out to be bad politics and bad for the Liberal Party National affairs Yes, it is our ABC Rodney Tiffen 5 December 2013 The gulf between the views of the public and the ABC’s vocal critics is large and growing, writes Rodney Tiffen

From the archive Dick Casey’s forgotten people Stephen Mills 25 July 2012 The Liberals’ innovative 1949 election campaign offered voters an alternative worldview National affairs One way to lose an election Norman Abjorensen 8 May 2012 Was it the economics or the politics of John Hewson’s Fightback! strategy that failed, asks Norman Abjorensen National affairs Malcolm on the outer Norman Abjorensen 5 April 2012 The Liberals have displaced Labor as Australia’s tribal political force, writes Norman Abjorensen, and that makes Malcolm Turnbull an odd person out National affairs Victoria’s constitutional time bomb Alistair Harkness and Brian Costar 14 March 2012 A major constitutional crisis was narrowly avoided in Victoria, write Alistair Harkness and Brian Costar, but its cause hasn’t gone away