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National affairs Michael Gill 17 December 2014 A focus on the fitness of the economy should replace the overheated debate about “fiscal balance,” writes Michael Gill
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 15 December 2014 One hundred years ago Joseph Cook made a mess of being prime minister. The parallels with today are striking, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs Peter Brent 11 December 2014 Being in government is a chance to make the case that you’re a world-class economic manager, writes Peter Brent. Labor forgot that fact and will keep suffering the results National affairs 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 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 Tim Colebatch 5 December 2014 The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem, writes Tim Colebatch
Books & arts Carl Reinecke 1 December 2014 The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered National affairs Peter Browne 28 November 2014 The polls are showing how far the Coalition has drifted from the mainstream, writes Peter Browne. The problems go back to well before the May budget National affairs Norman Abjorensen 18 November 2014 In the long run, the enemy of my enemy isn’t always my friend, writes Norman Abjorensen. It’s a mistake that’s proving costly for the Liberals James Panichi 7 November 2014 The European Parliament has become an important route into national politics for young, ambitious operators, reports James Panichi in Brussels
International Lesley Russell 7 November 2014 Low turnout means that the midterm elections offer no mandate to the Republicans, writes Lesley Russell. But there are clear messages for both parties in the results
Nathaniel Reader 7 November 2014 Nathaniel Reader visited four polling booths in Los Angeles, and found business briskest at a private garage in the city’s northern suburbs Books & arts Janna Thompson 5 November 2014 How we should accommodate and respect the values of people who aren’t like us? A new book has some of the answers, writes Janna Thompson National affairs Peter Brent 30 October 2014 Opposing changes to the GST is unlikely to benefit Labor’s election prospects 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 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 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 Essays & reportage Billy Griffiths 22 October 2014 Gough Whitlam’s visit to China in 1971 was a turning point in relations between the two countries. But luck also played a part in this audacious mission Essays & reportage Evan Williams 21 October 2014 How did an ill-resourced staff, working in difficult surroundings under extreme pressure, preserve harmony, discipline and a shared sense of purpose? One of Whitlam’s… National affairs Geoff Heriot 17 October 2014 Australians buying a used car benefit from clear consumer safeguards, writes Geoff Heriot. Why not accord voters similar protection from the excesses of campaigning politicians?
Books & arts Sara Dowse 15 October 2014 Books | What happened to the woman who beguiled on election night 2007?
National affairs Dean Ashenden 14 October 2014 The federal government review of Labor’s national curriculum failed to provoke the furore most observers were expecting. Dean Ashenden looks at why Essays & reportage Lyndall Ryan 13 October 2014 Expelled from the Communist Party for not toeing the line, Lyndall Ryan's parents were faced with a dilemma when Robert Menzies’s government tried to ban the party International Lesley Russell 7 October 2014 The odds aren’t good for the Democrats in next month’s elections, but this referendum on Barack Obama’s presidency isn’t over yet,… National affairs Peter Brent 6 October 2014 A Labor think tank has given a timely warning about the seductive appeal of triumphs past, says Peter Brent
National affairs Henry Reynolds 25 September 2014 The militarisation of Australia’s history has begun to reflect back on the present and change our political practice, argues Henry Reynolds
Jennifer Curtin 23 September 2014 Or is it more a case of the declining left? Jennifer Curtin looks at the evidence from Saturday’s poll National affairs Stephen Mills 19 September 2014 Private secretary, chief of staff, enforcer? Stephen Mills looks at the role of the prime minister’s most influential gatekeeper National affairs Peter Brent 19 September 2014 There’s a case for encouraging popular but defeated MPs to throw their hats back into the ring, argues Peter Brent International Andrew Vandenberg 16 September 2014 Electoral advances by the Sweden Democrats at last Sunday’s election pose a challenge to cosmopolitan Sweden