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Essays & Reportage An indiscreet dinner with a Soviet spy Frank Bongiorno 26 September 2019 Former Labor national secretary David Combe, who died this week, found himself in the middle of a maelstrom in March 1983, just as his party was taking government International The rise of megaphone bureaucracy? Dennis Grube 26 September 2019 How civil servants are adapting to a hyper-partisan world International Can Trump win? Peter Brent 20 September 2019 The American president might win next year’s election, but will he? National Affairs With friends like these Norman Abjorensen 19 September 2019 Tetchy relations between business and the Liberal Party are far from new

National Affairs Time to turn parliament upside down? Peter Brent 11 September 2019 With the current system favouring gridlock, it’s time to look again at how both houses are elected National Affairs Ghosts of governments past Peter Brent 4 September 2019 Hawke and Keating showed the way — but not how you (and Paul Keating) might think Books & Arts Inappropriate lobbying? Australia doesn’t compare so well Nicholas Stuart 4 September 2019 A new book shows how it’s being done better — but the first question is whether the will exists Correspondents The significance of 1 September Klaus Neumann 2 September 2019 A closely watched election campaign unfolds in an East German state

Correspondents America’s blue Muslim wave Thomas Kean 14 August 2019 Donald Trump’s highly charged rhetoric can’t change the fact that Congress is more diverse than ever International Could this be a tipping point for gun control? Lesley Russell 13 August 2019 Timing means that the latest shootings could have a greater political impact National Affairs Death and taxes Owain Emslie and Danielle Wood 8 August 2019 Despite the scare campaigns, an inheritance tax makes a lot of economic sense National Affairs Not what the voter ordered? Peter Brent 7 August 2019 Australia’s lower house voting system isn’t designed to be proportional, though perhaps it should be