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National affairs
The arc of justice
Margaret Simons
24 April 2021
Journalism has a different role to play from the legal system. It begins with reporting the facts as the journalist understands them
National affairs
Labor’s Achilles heel
Peter Brent
23 April 2021
Scott Morrison’s reputation for campaigning prowess could work in Labor’s favour at the next election, but the economy will trump all else
National affairs
The chant of East West Link
James Murphy
21 April 2021
Why are Victoria’s Liberals stuck on a controversial project twice rejected at the ballot box?
International
Joe Biden, zeitgeist president
John Quiggin
21 April 2021
An alliance between an old president and a “young” party is yielding policies that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama wouldn’t have contemplated
From the archive
Signing up for an invasion
Tom Hyland
16 April 2021
How did two very different leaders — Tony Blair and John Howard — come to join George W. Bush’s “march of folly”?
Books & arts
Once a winner
Frank Bongiorno
16 April 2021
A new book that attempts to understand the prime minister runs into its own problems
National affairs
Ebbing out of office?
Peter Brent
14 April 2021
Is Scott Morrison the prime minister to win the next election?
National affairs
Brereton’s unfinished business
Hamish McDonald
14 April 2021
With the war crimes unit getting to work, will Afghan victims be compensated and whistleblowers protected?
National affairs
Target trouble
Carol Johnson
13 April 2021
Will the government survive the vaccine debacle?
International
Champions no more
Klaus Neumann
13 April 2021
Our correspondent detects parallels between the fortunes of German football and the travails of the Merkel government
Essays & reportage
Was Bob Askin corrupt?
Mike Steketee
9 April 2021
With a new book reopening the debate about the one-time NSW premier’s behaviour in office, our correspondent assesses the evidence
National affairs
Fully, partly, in principle — or not at all?
Judith Ireland
8 April 2021
Has the government missed another opportunity to genuinely tackle sexual harassment?
National affairs
Finkel’s road to zero
John Quiggin
6 April 2021
The former chief scientist shows the Coalition how it can shift on climate
National affairs
Home ground disadvantage?
Ian Hancock
31 March 2021
Will a dysfunctional party organisation in his home state block Josh Frydenberg’s path to the Lodge?
International
Waiting for “that big lout” to rise up
Klaus Neumann
28 March 2021
What two men tell us about the evolution of German right-wing populism
Essays & reportage
Australia’s post-Covid moment
Geoff Kitney
27 March 2021
Is the time right for the sweeping reforms proposed in a new series of essays?
National affairs
Enemies of my enemy
Peter Brent
24 March 2021
Liberal preferences could make or break the Greens’ ambitions in the lower house. Will Jeff Kennett come to the rescue?
National affairs
In harm’s way
Carol Johnson
24 March 2021
Scott Morrison doesn’t just have a “woman problem,” he has a masculinity problem as well
Essays & reportage
What NASA’s moonshot can teach us about shaping the post-Covid economy
Michael Gill
22 March 2021
It’s time for governments to go on the front foot, says economist Mariana Mazzucato
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
Borrowed time
Rodney Tiffen
19 March 2021
Trigger-happy state opposition MPs seem set on repeating the mistakes of the past
Essays & reportage
Christian Porter’s shadow
Jeremy Gans
19 March 2021
There’s only one good way to resolve decades-old allegations like the ones made against the attorney-general
National affairs
Then and now
Sara Dowse
17 March 2021
A half-century’s perspective on this week’s protests
National affairs
A place of greater safety
Jane Goodall
16 March 2021
Does the media’s stress on “rage” really capture what’s driving the resurgent women’s movement?
National affairs
Drawing history into the present
Harry Hobbs
16 March 2021
Victoria takes up the challenge of truth-telling
National affairs
Landslide in the west
John Phillimore
15 March 2021
A remarkable win underlines deep problems for Scott Morrison’s colleagues in Western Australia
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
National affairs
Muting the messenger
Margaret Simons
12 March 2021
The media is entering challenging new territory. Let’s hope the reporters don’t get in the way of the story
National affairs
Still a good time to be in government
Peter Brent
12 March 2021
Labor is expected to win by a landslide in WA tomorrow. But be wary of drawing conclusions about the next federal election
International
The resistance that began with a bang
Thomas Kean
5 March 2021
Letter from Yangon
| Resolute citizens continue to face off with an intransigent military in Myanmar
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