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National affairs What the electorate can see but the big parties can’t Michael Gill 3 February 2015 Don’t blame the voters for government failures, says Michael Gill. Where the arguments are spelt out and the implementation is effective, electoral benefits will follow National affairs Conservatives in crisis Norman Abjorensen 3 February 2015 Australia’s conservative parties have always struggled to balance their priorities with the need for broader electoral appeal, writes Norman Abjorensen.… Podcasts Queensland: how it happened and what it means Peter Clarke 1 February 2015 As the count continues on the day after the election, Inside Story’s election analyst Brian Costar talks to Peter Clarke about a remarkable result and its national repercussions National affairs Campbell Newman and the ghost of Joh Bjelke-Petersen Brian Costar 30 January 2015 The Liberal National Party forgot it was governing in the twenty-first century, writes Brian Costar. The results have been disastrous

National affairs After Abbott? Norman Abjorensen 9 December 2014 A lean field of leadership contenders could help the prime minister hang onto his job, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs Rules for Radicals comes to Carrum Stephen Mills 5 December 2014 Labor’s campaigning in Victoria had a lineage stretching back to community activist Saul Alinsky via Barack Obama, writes Stephen Mills National affairs More reasons why the Abbott budget is so hard to sell Tim Colebatch 5 December 2014 The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem, writes Tim Colebatch Books & arts The Lucky Country turns fifty Carl Reinecke 1 December 2014 The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered

National affairs The GST trap Peter Brent 30 October 2014 Opposing changes to the GST is unlikely to benefit Labor’s election prospects Britain’s politics without walls David Hayes 27 October 2014 Democracy’s decline always makes a good story. But like the country itself, British politics might be adapting rather than decaying, says David Hayes Books & arts A virus in search of a host Michael Gill 27 October 2014 Martin Wolf offers the best explanation of how the financial crisis came about and what it means for the future, writes Michael Gill Books & arts How Hamer made it happen Judith Brett 27 October 2014 Dick Hamer’s election as Victorian Liberal leader was a seachange in the state’s politics and culture, writes Judith Brett