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Correspondents
Mayo Joe, son of Ballina
Stuart Ward
15 April 2023
Did the American president’s deeply personal sense of Irish history meet the moment?
National Affairs
Queensland and Victoria: which is really the odd state out?
Tim Colebatch
6 April 2023
Recent election results tell a story Peter Dutton doesn’t want to hear
National Affairs
The translator
Tim Rowse
5 April 2023
A capacity to enable fruitful cross-cultural interaction was among the strengths of Yolngu leader Yunupingu, who died last weekend
National Affairs
Aston: the implications
Tim Colebatch
3 April 2023
As its first leader warned, the Liberal Party can’t win office as the “party of reaction”
Correspondents
Riding high in April, shot down in May?
Peter Kellner
3 April 2023
May’s local elections across England will be closely watched by parties and pollsters alike
National Affairs
Battle lost, now for the war
Peter Brent
2 April 2023
Life has just got a lot harder for Peter Dutton
National Affairs
We’re about to hear Aston’s answer, but what is the question?
Peter Brent
31 March 2023
By-election results are often opaque, but their results can have quite an impact
National Affairs
By-election blues
Tim Colebatch
31 March 2023
Does history provide any grounds for a Labor win in Aston?
National Affairs
The Liberals’ best government loses office
Tim Colebatch
27 March 2023
And that shows the scale of the challenge facing the Liberals
National Affairs
Albo room
Tim Rowse
27 March 2023
The debate over the revised wording of the Voice amendment misses a key point: this is a referendum like no other
Essays & Reportage
Women and Whitlam: then, now, and what might come
Sara Dowse
24 March 2023
That era’s spirit of optimistic change has a message for the 2020s
National Affairs
Neoliberalism’s child
John Quiggin
20 March 2023
The latest Productivity Commission report marks the end of an era
Books & Arts
Jane Austen’s prime minister?
Jane Goodall
14 March 2023
Tanya Plibersek’s biographer makes the case for her “strength of understanding and coolness of judgement”
International
Before the deluge
Lesley Russell
13 March 2023
A series of long-awaited legal proceedings against Donald Trump could start as early as this week
Essays & Reportage
Damaging the brand
Rodney Tiffen
7 March 2023
The Dominion Voting Systems legal suit against Fox News has already unearthed damning evidence from within the Murdoch-owned network
National Affairs
Not-so-super strategy
Peter Brent
3 March 2023
Does the timing of the government’s superannuation tax reforms make any electoral sense?
Correspondents
Trudeau’s challenge
Jonathan Malloy
24 February 2023
Can a tired government be revived by the old family magic?
International
Ruffled feathers or straws in the wind?
Robin Jeffrey
21 February 2023
Defending Adani and attacking the BBC and George Soros: it’s been a busy few weeks for India’s Modi government
Correspondents
Getting Brexit undone
Sam Freedman
20 February 2023
Voter sentiment has shifted decisively, leaving the major parties in a quandary
National Affairs
Just remind me, what is the Constitution?
Peter Brent
15 February 2023
There are good reasons to be sceptical about recent polling on the Voice referendum
Books & Arts
Where No meets Yes
Tim Rowse
14 February 2023
Opponents of a constitutionally enshrined Voice warn of many of the features that most attract its proponents
Essays & Reportage
Building a better capitalism
Peter Mares
9 February 2023
Jim Chalmers’s essay coincided with disturbing British revelations that confirmed the urgency of his concerns. But did he go far enough?
Essays & Reportage
Harry, Meghan and the republic
Ann Curthoys, John Docker and Lyndall Ryan
7 February 2023
On Netflix and in print, the couple’s story has been informed by a historical perspective with implications for Australia
Essays & Reportage
Walking a fine line
Mike Steketee
6 February 2023
The Greens have slowly and steadily increased their parliamentary numbers. But have they reached their limit?
Books & Arts
Captains unpicked
Judith Brett
3 February 2023
What impact do biographies of living politicians have on their subjects?
Books & Arts
One-man intelligence network
Stephen Mills
1 February 2023
For a remarkable quarter-century, Tony Eggleton was the power behind the Liberal throne
National Affairs
The turn of the electoral cycle could be a long time coming
Tim Colebatch
27 January 2023
Labor is riding high across Australia, and the Greens are doing better than most observers acknowledge. Where does that leave the Coalition?
Books & Arts
The war for the soul of America
Rodney Tiffen
27 January 2023
The dire state of the Republican Party has decades-old roots
Books & Arts
Is this the end of globalisation?
John Edwards
25 January 2023
A
Financial Times
columnist says yes, but the figures tell a different story
National Affairs
Price and Pearson, uneasy allies?
Tim Rowse
23 December 2022
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Noel Pearson’s clash over the Voice masks a more complicated picture
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