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Campaign notebook Peter Browne 3 May 2019 Election 2019 | How the Liberal right found its enemy, why the High Court could be busy this year, and why you might worry about early voting
International James Panichi 2 May 2019 The Radical Party’s broadcasting arm has been taking transparency seriously for more than four decades National Affairs Mike Steketee 1 May 2019 Election 2019 | Faced with the temptations of negative campaigning, can the parties respond to a steep fall in voter trust? International Lesley Russell 1 May 2019 Despite the damning Mueller report, would the Democratic Party do best to focus on next year’s election? National Affairs Tim Colebatch 30 April 2019 A smaller crossbench and a few surprise wins are the likely result of the new voting system’s first half-Senate outing
International Janna Thompson 30 April 2019 Reparations for slavery have moved from the fringes of American political debate
International Edward Aspinall 30 April 2019 The election count is still incomplete, but it’s now clear there’s more to Indonesian politics than pragmatism and patronage alone National Affairs Peter Mares 29 April 2019 Election 2019 | Labor is outbidding the Coalition in an attempt to win the votes of recent migrants National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 29 April 2019 Election 2019 | Whether it’s on 48 or 49 per cent, the Coalition is looking competitive National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 27 April 2019 Election 2019 | An odd decision by Newspoll has shifted the dynamics of the campaign — but by how much?
National Affairs Jeremy Gans 26 April 2019 Election 2019 | Section 44 has already cast its baleful shadow over the federal poll
National Affairs Mike Steketee 24 April 2019 Election 2019 | Labor’s plans are conservative in the full sense — just look where some of its key ideas came from National Affairs Sara Dowse 24 April 2019 Election 2019 | Our correspondent reports from the sensible centre of Tony Abbott’s hotly contested seat Campaign notebook Peter Browne 23 April 2019 Election 2019 | How trust cuts both ways, how a British psephologist observed Australia, and how the tabloids are losing their power Essays & Reportage Rodney Tiffen 18 April 2019 The upsides and downsides of the organisation and its controversial founder
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 18 April 2019 Labor’s attempt to win government faces much greater obstacles this time round
National Affairs Mike Steketee 17 April 2019 The Coalition’s return to the debt-and-deficits theme invites scepticism National Affairs Carol Johnson 16 April 2019 Despite moderating its rhetoric, Labor once again faces concerted campaigning from business groups Correspondents Klaus Neumann 16 April 2019 A decade ago, that distinctive national mood seemed to have died out. And then came the rise of far-right populism National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 15 April 2019 On the evidence so far, the election will be closer than expected
International Dave McCrae and Dirk Tomsa 15 April 2019 Why is the likely loser of the Indonesian election already crying foul?
National Affairs Paul Williams 12 April 2019 The one-time Liberal senator was back in the news this week after cash-for-access revelations involving home affairs minister Peter Dutton National Affairs Tim Colebatch 11 April 2019 If a fair go means anything, the Coalition is heading for a bracing judgement from voters International Hamish McDonald 10 April 2019 The title of Japan’s new era looks like a subtle challenge to the new emperor National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 8 April 2019 Do today’s figures tell us anything at all about how the parties are faring?
Books & Arts Paul ’t Hart 3 April 2019 How resilient are Western democracies? Two new books have different answers
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 3 April 2019 The architecture is sound, the decor not so good, but the outlook for future budgets is worrying International Lesley Russell 2 April 2019 Overreach is a feature of the Trump style — and he’s at it again with healthcare National Affairs Kate Griffiths and Danielle Wood 29 March 2019 With one scandal following another, the obvious reforms are long overdue National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 28 March 2019 The former immigration minister is finding it hard to be a unifier