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National affairs Strange, uncertain times Peter Brent 24 September 2022 Shifting voter sentiment and a hostile global economy make Labor’s prospects far from clear Essays & reportage From messiah to mortal Mike Steketee 20 September 2022 Forty years ago, another Labor government embarked on its first term in office Books & arts Flame wars Ryan Cropp 12 September 2022 Have Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens mistaken a symptom for the cause? Essays & reportage Was Fraser right? Margaret Simons 12 September 2022 Malcolm Fraser promised no royal commission into the loans affair. Should other governments follow his lead?

National affairs Missing persons Peter Brent 20 December 2021 MPs’ popularity (and the extra advantage of being a first-termer) is rarely included in electoral calculus Essays & reportage The Singapore grip Tim Colebatch 17 December 2021 Singapore is good at solving economic problems, but its political stagnation is stopping it from dealing with urgent social challenges National affairs Diversity deferred, again? Margaret Simons 16 December 2021 Another inquiry has made recommendations to improve media diversity. All that’s lacking is action National affairs The curious case of the missing election issue John Edwards 13 December 2021 An urgent economic challenge will scarcely get a mention when Labor and the Coalition go head to head

Books & arts Can-do communalism Hamish McDonald 3 December 2021 As Australia “rediscovers” India yet again, are its secular forces starting to push back? National affairs Back to the old normal Carol Johnson 3 December 2021 Despite the pandemic, Labor and the Coalition are embracing policies from the past National affairs Western Australia to the rescue? Peter Brent 1 December 2021 Mark McGowan might be riding high, but how much does that help federal Labor? International Jostling giants John Edwards 30 November 2021 Does America really need a novel strategy to counter China’s rise?