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A quarter of century later, how much have we learned?
Patrick Sullivan
1 August 2016
If governments are serious about the royal commission into child protection, they should pledge in advance to honour its recommendations, says
Patrick Sullivan
National affairs
The cliffhanger Senate count: an update
Tim Colebatch
29 July 2016
The new Senate is coming into clearer focus, writes
Tim Colebatch
National affairs
Worlds apart
Klaus Neumann
29 July 2016
The leaders of Australia and Germany responded differently to recent terrorist attacks.
Klaus Neumann
looks at why
National affairs
Time for voluntary voting?
Peter Brent
28 July 2016
The latest turnout figures highlight the need for voting to be accessible, encouraged and voluntary, says
Peter Brent
National affairs
Dust settles, history mostly vindicated
Paul Rodan
15 July 2016
After a long campaign and a long count, the result isn’t so surprising after all, writes
Paul Rodan
Britain’s velvet regime change
David Hayes
14 July 2016
The post-Brexit rise of Theresa May is fleeting balm for a troubled country, says
David Hayes
National affairs
What is it about Queensland?
Peter Brent
14 July 2016
Now that the federal election result is clear, one state stands out, says
Peter Brent
International
The political imperative for a legal war
Gabrielle Appleby
13 July 2016
Britain’s highest legal officer was under enormous pressure to give the legal okay for the war in Iraq, writes
Gabrielle Appleby
. Australia can learn from the fallout
National affairs
Pyrrhic victories
Kerry Ryan
11 July 2016
The long festival of democracy took
Kerry Ryan
to – where else? – Old Parliament House
National affairs
The upside of the falling big-party vote
Tim Colebatch
11 July 2016
It’s not only Labor whose primary vote is at historic lows, writes
Tim Colebatch
. And there’s no mystery about why
National affairs
Coalition set to win a majority
Tim Colebatch
8 July 2016
Detailed data shows that Labor isn’t likely to benefit from the late count in most undecided seats, writes
Tim Colebatch
National affairs
What Britain’s Iraq inquiry means for Australia
Judith Betts
8 July 2016
Deft media management took the sting out of Australia’s first inquiry into the decision to go to war in Iraq
National affairs
Another day closer to a result
Peter Brent
8 July 2016
We’re starting to see the shape of the next parliament more clearly, says
Peter Brent
National affairs
Reshaping Medicare
Hal Swerissen & Stephen Duckett
8 July 2016
The election campaign showed that Medicare has wide support, write
Hal Swerissen
and
Stephen Duckett
. But that doesn’t mean the scheme should stand still
National affairs
Counting continues: Thursday
Tim Colebatch
7 July 2016
Tim Colebatch
on the state of the count, the cost to Labor of the CFA dispute, and a tantalising glimpse of the Tasmanian Senate count
National affairs
Updating the count – and why the Greens struggled in Batman
Tim Colebatch
6 July 2016
Tim Colebatch
updates our coverage of the Election Commission figures and looks at what the election means for the Greens
National affairs
Going postal
Peter Brent
6 July 2016
The nail-bitingly long count has given Coalition dissidents plenty of time to snipe, writes
Peter Brent
National affairs
The art of the political comeback
Norman Abjorensen
5 July 2016
Robert Menzies mastered it, but this might be one of the skills Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t share with his long-serving predecessor, writes
Norman Abjorensen
National affairs
Election myths in the making (and the latest state of play)
Tim Colebatch
5 July 2016
The count goes on, and history is already being written and rewritten.
Tim Colebatch
looks at three more myths
A post-Brexit election
David Hayes
5 July 2016
Britain’s media finds in Australia’s drama some relief from the country’s own, says
David Hayes
National affairs
A long campaign, a long wait… and then what?
Tim Colebatch
3 July 2016
What do we know so far about the likely post-election scene?
Tim Colebatch
has been crunching the latest numbers
National affairs
All the polls are in, so what’s the best guess?
Peter Brent
2 July 2016
There’s still plenty of uncertainty in the details, but
Peter Brent
takes a punt on the House of Representatives numbers
Essays & reportage
Harold Holt and the art of personal diplomacy
Paul Rodan
1 July 2016
He might have been an ardent admirer of the United States, but Harold Holt also brought welcome changes to Australia’s relations with the rest of the world, writes
Paul Rodan
Essays & reportage
The beginning of the end of the White Australia policy
Gwenda Tavan
1 July 2016
Legal reforms in June 1966 removed much of the discrimination built into Australia’s migration policy, writes
Gwenda Tavan
Jeremy Corbyn, the vanishing commissar
David Hayes
1 July 2016
British Labour’s MPs are mutinous, its leader defiant, its members divided. What now, asks
David Hayes
National affairs
The Senate: it’s anyone’s guess
Tim Colebatch
1 July 2016
With the campaign almost over,
Tim Colebatch
surveys the latest polls and the likely distribution of Senate places
Books & arts
Contradictory counsel
Tony Blackshield
1 July 2016
Books
| A new biography of Sydney lawyer and sometime politician Tom Hughes details a remarkable career, writes
Tony Blackshield
National affairs
Caravan or coalition?
Tim Colebatch
30 June 2016
Europe offers lessons for Australian parties uneasy at the prospect of having to talk to each other, says
Tim Colebatch
National affairs
Australian politics enters the big-target era
Marija Taflaga
30 June 2016
Different times call for a different kind of campaign strategy, argues
Marija Taflaga
Essays & reportage
Farewell to the spirit of 1967
Patrick Sullivan
29 June 2016
The rise of “deficit metrics” and the federal government’s retreat from Indigenous affairs have reversed the direction set by the historic 1967 referendum,…
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