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National affairs 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 Carol Johnson 24 March 2021 Scott Morrison doesn’t just have a “woman problem,” he has a masculinity problem as well Essays & reportage Michael Gill 22 March 2021 It’s time for governments to go on the front foot, says economist Mariana Mazzucato Books & arts Patrick Mullins 19 March 2021 Books | Was this Liberal prime minister his own worst enemy? National affairs Rodney Tiffen 19 March 2021 Trigger-happy state opposition MPs seem set on repeating the mistakes of the past
Essays & reportage 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 Sara Dowse 17 March 2021 A half-century’s perspective on this week’s protests National affairs Jane Goodall 16 March 2021 Does the media’s stress on “rage” really capture what’s driving the resurgent women’s movement? National affairs Harry Hobbs 16 March 2021 Victoria takes up the challenge of truth-telling National affairs John Phillimore 15 March 2021 A remarkable win underlines deep problems for Scott Morrison’s colleagues in Western Australia
National affairs 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 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 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 Thomas Kean 5 March 2021 Letter from Yangon | Resolute citizens continue to face off with an intransigent military in Myanmar From the archive Peter Brent 5 March 2021 Those eleven years of government certainly had an impact, but not the one the Liberal PM is usually credited with
National affairs Frank Bongiorno 4 March 2021 Scandals on Capital Hill point to problems in schools, universities and parliament itself
National affairs Tim Colebatch 3 March 2021 Ever the optimist, Ross Garnaut has a plan for Australia’s economic future International Lesley Russell 2 March 2021 Sharing vaccines fairly is not only an ethical imperative but also essential to controlling Covid-19 National affairs Carol Johnson 2 March 2021 How different a prime minister is Scott Morrison from John Howard, who won office a quarter-century ago? National affairs Adam Triggs 1 March 2021 With hundreds of thousands still unemployed, the Reserve Bank is under growing pressure to do more
National affairs Marian Sawer 1 March 2021 Can Australia learn from how legislatures in other countries are tackling the problem?
International Mark Baker 1 March 2021 Michael Somare, who died this week, took up the vision for Papua New Guinean independence and ran with it International Nicholas Farrelly 26 February 2021 Has Myanmar’s military made the wrong bet? From the archive Kerry Brown 24 February 2021 The Cultural Revolution still has a hold over China’s leaders National affairs James Panichi 24 February 2021 Facebook’s problems with Australian regulators are far from over
National affairs Pamela Hanrahan 23 February 2021 Has the government’s dislike of class actions coloured its view of listed companies’ responsibilities to investors?
National affairs 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 Judith Ireland 19 February 2021 Is parliament at last recognising the deep problems in its own work culture? International 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 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