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National affairs Is Queensland different? Paul Rodan 17 July 2018 This month’s by-elections come at a delicate time for Labor, federally and in Queensland National affairs Tough talk Abul Rizvi 16 July 2018 Has stricter vetting really reduced Australia’s migrant intake? National affairs Who’ll get the bloody nose in Longman? Peter Brent 11 July 2018 Can Susan Lamb repeat her flukish 2016 win? National affairs It’s not (just) cricket Rodney Tiffen 7 July 2018 Are we seeing the destruction by stealth of the anti-siphoning rules?

International How a party became a cult Lesley Russell 2 July 2018 And what it means for the midterm elections National affairs Back to class Grant Wyeth 2 July 2018 Have Australian conservatives lost sight of the core features of their own philosophy? National affairs Captain’s pick Peter Brent 29 June 2018 We could be voting early — but for not quite the reasons you might expect International Westward, look, the land is bright John Quiggin 29 June 2018 Amid more bad news from Washington come signs that attitudes are hardening against much of what the Trump presidency stands for

National affairs Poll positions Peter Brent 21 June 2018 Pollsters need to be wary of over-enthusiastic clients National affairs Are the Liberals too big to fail? James Murphy 18 June 2018 A Supreme Court decision on the Victorian branch’s finances has national implications — and not just for the party National affairs The Liberal Party versus the ghost of Robert Menzies Norman Abjorensen 18 June 2018 The weekend’s call to privatise the ABC wouldn’t have impressed the founder of the party National affairs Losing a by-election is as easy as ABC Peter Brent 18 June 2018 The Liberal Party’s national council has just made the government’s job that little bit harder