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Correspondents
You can’t negotiate on an empty stomach
Nic Maclellan
6 December 2024
A government collapses in Paris, and the shockwaves extend as far as Nouméa
Books & arts
Boris levels up
Joshua Black and Frank Bongiorno
5 December 2024
The former British PM’s highly readable memoir is just a little too tidy
The view from elsewhere
Taking on Trump
Bill Scher
29 November 2024
For everyone’s benefit, the leaders of Canada and Mexico shouldn’t be intimidated by Donald Trump’s tariff threat
National affairs
Is that a fact?
Peter Browne
29 November 2024
Do partisan voters really inhabit separate realities?
Essays & reportage
What the West forgot about democracy
Erica Benner
29 November 2024
Outsiders promoting political liberalisation in an impatient or immodest spirit shouldn’t be surprised by a backlash
Essays & reportage
Barry Cohen’s “mistake” turns forty
Ray Edmondson
29 November 2024
How the battle for a National Film and Sound Archive came to a head
Correspondents
The Keir Starmer conundrum
David Hayes
25 November 2024
British Labour’s early missteps are sullying its promise of renewal. The prime minister, unmoved, is reaching for the stars
Correspondents
Neither triumph nor Trumped
Michael Jacobs
25 November 2024
Another cliffhanger climate conference achieves a kind of progress
International
One country, one system
Mark Baker
22 November 2024
Once again Britain stands by while China breaches the two countries’ agreement on Hong Kong
Correspondents
Who governs the climate?
Michael Jacobs
21 November 2024
While COP29 meets in Baku G20 leaders have been making their own decisions in Rio
National affairs
At last, Labor’s campaign finance bill
Graeme Orr
19 November 2024
Big parties versus the rest? Our assessment of the government’s plans
Essays & reportage
Making their political mark
Frank Bongiorno
19 November 2024
How have Australians remembered politics?
International
Not only did Harris lose, but…
Peter Brent
18 November 2024
With the results near-final, what do we now know about the shifting preferences of American voters?
The view from elsewhere
Americans hate inflation more than they hate unemployment
Noah Smith
16 November 2024
Most commentators didn’t realise the impact prices were having on voters’ perceptions of the presidential candidates
Books & arts
Something’s really, really up
Matthew Ricketson
15 November 2024
Rick Morton’s account of the robodebt scandal is a bracing reminder of unfinished business
National affairs
“What do you have to do to get the VC?”
Mark Baker
12 November 2024
Fifty-six years later, a soldier finally receives his Victoria Cross. Was it all a matter of timing?
Correspondents
A shift in the climate for COP29
Michael Jacobs
10 November 2024
As the UN conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, what difference will Donald Trump’s election make?
National affairs
It’s no time to lose our heads
Paul Strangio
8 November 2024
What lessons should Labor take away from the Democratic Party’s defeat?
Correspondents
Trumped by the economy
Bill Scher
8 November 2024
Americans still haven’t perceived their country’s strong economic recovery
International
Testing time for America’s pollsters
Peter Brent
5 November 2024
After two presidential misfires in a row, the polls are under intense scrutiny ahead of tomorrow’s vote
Correspondents
Historic gender gap? Maybe. Maybe not
Bill Scher
2 November 2024
Almost every presidential election since 1980 has had a double-digit gender gap. What do the polls suggest about next week’s?
Correspondents
Sri Lanka’s third way
Alan Keenan
30 October 2024
Faced with difficult circumstances, a new leftist president has so far struck a deft balance
International
Beijing’s brake
Saul Eslake
24 October 2024
All signs suggest that China is in the grip of a long, self-induced economic slowdown
National affairs
Jason Clare’s dead parrot
Dean Ashenden
24 October 2024
Labor’s “national approach” to schooling has failed. It’s time for a rethink
Essays & reportage
Staying in the room
Hamish McDonald
21 October 2024
Can the “brainy and agile” Penny Wong counter the power of US-centric defence and security agencies?
Essays & reportage
White lies, archival truths and R.J.L. Hawke
Michael Piggott
17 October 2024
What the record reveals about the future prime minister and the ornamental pond
Books & arts
Man in the middle
Paul Rodan
16 October 2024
A new biography assesses the record of Labor’s first prime minister
Books & arts
Presidential power, and its limits
Michael Gill
9 October 2024
Canny coalition-building fuelled the ascendancy of Indonesia’s Joko Widodo. But does his chosen successor represent continuity or change?
National affairs
There’s a Wills but is there a way?
Peter Brent
24 September 2024
Bob Hawke’s old seat is among the Greens’ best prospects, but the redistribution isn’t quite the gift it looks
Books & arts
Pelosi in power
Lesley Russell
24 September 2024
Memoirs of “a weaver at the loom” through four presidencies
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