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National affairs Kidding ourselves about the budget Tim Colebatch 6 September 2022 One big, vital issue was missing from the Jobs and Skills Summit International Who is Liz Truss — and why? Michael Jacobs 5 September 2022 Does the new British PM have the capacity to deal with Britain’s gathering crisis? Essays & reportage Liberalism eclipsed Mike Steketee 5 September 2022 Long forecast, the party’s grim prospects reflect an unpopular ideological narrowing From the archive Surely he wasn’t going in? Patrick Mullins 4 September 2022 Harold Holt’s attraction to danger gives his death an air of inevitability

Books & arts Landscape of chaos Jane Goodall 11 December 2021 A thread of wealth, power and celebrity ran through three of 2021’s high-profile season returns Books & arts Welcome to the Titanic Paul ’t Hart 8 December 2021 Andrew Leigh compellingly describes the “black swan” events we could be facing, but are his proposals equal to the threat? Essays & reportage Fake history Klaus Neumann 8 December 2021 Has the significance of the Tampa affair been exaggerated? National affairs The expectations game Peter Brent 7 December 2021 Many Newspoll respondents think Labor will win the next election. But is that good news for the opposition?

National affairs Here we go again Margaret Simons 25 November 2021 This time the election campaign needs to be reported differently National affairs Dominant Dan Tim Colebatch 24 November 2021 A year before the next state election, the Victorian premier and his party are well ahead in the polls Essays & reportage The rise and fall of an Australian dynasty Rodney Tiffen 22 November 2021 The Packers maintained their wealth and power through almost four generations. Then things went wrong Essays & reportage The battle for Hume heats up Brett Evans 19 November 2021 The campaign to unseat federal minister Angus Taylor has made a canny choice of candidate