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National Affairs
Winning the battle, still fighting the war
James Panichi
24 February 2021
Facebook’s problems with Australian regulators are far from over
National Affairs
Companies after Covid
Pamela Hanrahan
23 February 2021
Has the government’s dislike of class actions coloured its view of listed companies’ responsibilities to investors?
National Affairs
“An affront to anyone who believes in democracy”
Benjamin Reilly, John Phillimore, Sarah Murray and Martin Drum
23 February 2021
Former Labor leader Jim McGinty isn’t the only one concerned about Western Australia’s electoral system
National Affairs
Late nights, high stress and plenty of booze
Judith Ireland
19 February 2021
Is parliament at last recognising the deep problems in its own work culture?
International
East Timorese politics in flux
Michael Leach
19 February 2021
Shifting alliances have created an opportunity for the East Timorese government to map out a long-term strategy
National Affairs
Death, taxes and the strange history of rebel micronations
Harry Hobbs
18 February 2021
Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton’s attempt to unite “sovereign citizens” recalls earlier efforts to step outside Australian law
National Affairs
Big-target strategy
Peter Brent
17 February 2021
Has Labor written the Coalition’s script for the next election campaign?
National Affairs
The weight of history
Paul Rodan
16 February 2021
What do past results tell us about the next federal election?
National Affairs
The sad decline of economic partisanship
Adam Triggs
15 February 2021
The Labor and Liberal parties are in a race to the bottom in too many areas of economic policy
National Affairs
The moderates’ revenge
Robert Milliken
12 February 2021
Craig Kelly is just the latest hardline conservative to cause trouble within the Liberal Party, and he’s unlikely to be the last
National Affairs
Australia’s costly no-price carbon policy
Peter Brent
11 February 2021
Australia’s climate policy failures are set to create a new revenue stream for major trading partners
National Affairs
Labor’s industrial relations gamble
Carol Johnson
11 February 2021
History shows where Anthony Albanese’s IR push is likely to run into trouble
National Affairs
Bagman, buddy or career diplomat?
Hamish McDonald
9 February 2021
A new president in the White House means a new American ambassador in Canberra
Books & Arts
Light and shade
Andrew Ford
9 February 2021
Music
| Art might not change the world, but it can help us see it differently
National Affairs
The Sámi’s voice
Harry Hobbs
8 February 2021
Does Sweden’s Sámediggi offer lessons for Australia’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament?
Books & Arts
The political is the personal
Sara Dowse
5 February 2021
Books
| A freewheeling memoir is less about the author than the people and forces that shaped him
Books & Arts
Talking about a moral emergency
Jane Goodall
3 February 2021
Television
| The coverage of events in Washington was a study in contrasts
International
Navalny’s long game
Graeme Gill
2 February 2021
January’s protests might be less damaging to Putin than a slow leaching away of legitimacy
National Affairs
Early-election watching
Peter Brent
1 February 2021
Covid-19 has been good to governments, but will the effect last?
International
Biden and the bomb
Andy Butfoy
1 February 2021
A modified version of the old normal might be the best the new president can deliver
Essays & Reportage
Is the Voice already being muted?
Tim Rowse
1 February 2021
As we enter stage two of the co-design process, the government seems already to be shaping the result
National Affairs
The Order of the day
Frank Bongiorno
26 January 2021
The case for changes to Australia’s honours system has become overwhelming
Another year
Inside Story’s summer season
Inside Story
22 December 2020
Farewell to 2020, and welcome to our selections of articles from the archive
International
Hitting the ground running
Lesley Russell
17 December 2020
Joe Biden’s team inherits a country deeply divided by the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus
National Affairs
How casual became predictable
David Peetz
17 December 2020
Casual employment can be fixed, but not the way the government wants to do it
National Affairs
The polls, and nothing but the polls
Peter Brent
16 December 2020
Why we’re still trying to understand the “Morrison miracle” (and other great polling failures)
International
New Caledonia’s triple opportunity
Nic Maclellan
10 December 2020
After weeks of protests, the Goro nickel smelter is up for grabs. Independence groups see the outcome as vital for the French dependency’s future
International
Another populist moment?
Brett Meyer
10 December 2020
What do Covid-19 and the defeat of Donald Trump mean for right-wing authoritarians around the world?
National Affairs
Overlooked, undercounted and over there
Adam Triggs
7 December 2020
By grossly underestimating the number of Australians stuck overseas, the government is glossing over one of its biggest failures
National Affairs
The worst of both worlds?
Peter Brent
7 December 2020
Focusing on the outer suburbs could lead Labor into deep trouble
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