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Essays & reportage
Ukraine’s struggle for democracy
Mark Edele
28 August 2023
Despite a series of obstacles, post-Soviet Ukraine has been moving in the right direction
Books & arts
Last supper?
Jane Goodall
24 August 2023
In its attempt to be light-hearted,
Kitchen Cabinet
has steered into dangerous waters
International
Malaysia’s history wars at the ballot box
Amrita Malhi
17 August 2023
With the country’s Islamists still stuck in Constantinople, Anwar’s government looks likely to hold
Essays & reportage
The making of a prime minister
Frank Bongiorno
15 August 2023
How did Australia’s thirty-first PM make it to the Lodge?
National affairs
Flying high
James Panichi
14 August 2023
Qantas’s relations with government underscore the inadequacies of Australia’s lobbying laws
National affairs
Watershed election
Anika Gauja & Marian Sawer and Jill Sheppard
11 August 2023
Morrison’s fall, the teals’ rise, Labor’s victory: the editors of a new post-election book survey the 2022 campaign
Books & arts
Northeastern Canada’s self-governing Inuit
Harry Hobbs
10 August 2023
The Nunatsiavut assembly sits at the intersection of Inuit and European political traditions
Books & arts
Democracy’s dark shadow
James Walter
9 August 2023
Resentment can be a potent — and not always destructive — motivator in political life
Books & arts
Doing “the work that men do”
Stephen Mills
9 August 2023
Two talented Liberal senators paved the way for future female ministers
Books & arts
Labour’s long road to power
Peter Kellner
3 August 2023
How a restless party found a new way of thinking about socialism
Books & arts
Harry Frankfurt’s warning
Brett Evans
28 July 2023
The philosopher presciently identified an age awash in “bullshit”
Essays & reportage
The “end” of Labor’s honeymoon and the “collapse” of women’s support for the Voice
Murray Goot
25 July 2023
How Newspoll reports public opinion and how the
Australian
reports Newspoll
International
I.N.D.I.A.
Robin Jeffrey
24 July 2023
Cute acronym, but can India’s new opposition coalition stay together?
International
Is No Labels heading off-label?
Lesley Russell
21 July 2023
A bipartisan group calling for moderation might make life difficult for Joe Biden’s re-election bid
International
Thailand’s battle for the future continues
Greg Raymond
18 July 2023
Can a tide of popular opinion prevail over a defensive conservative elite?
National affairs
Do the robodebt recommendations go far enough?
Paddy Gourley
14 July 2023
We know how to foster a frank and fearless public service. It’s time now for action
National affairs
Why is Labor contesting Fadden?
Peter Brent
13 July 2023
History isn’t encouraging, but perhaps the government is playing a long game
International
One step forward, three steps back
Lesley Russell
11 July 2023
Despite an encouraging decision on voting laws, the US Supreme Court has continued attacking Americans’ rights
National affairs
The unemployment opportunity
Jeff Borland
11 July 2023
We have a chance to keep joblessness at a historical low, argues a leading labour economist — and that also means measuring it differently
International
The Netflix series changing Taiwanese politics
Antonia Finnane
10 July 2023
Life follows art in the streaming service’s new political series
International
Will Lawrence Wong succeed?
Michael Barr
7 July 2023
Singapore’s PM-in-waiting might be a safe pair of hands, but will that be enough?
Books & arts
The incrementalists
Sean Kelly
5 July 2023
Is there a case for gradual change in a radical age?
International
Will Prabowo’s patience pay off?
Liam Gammon
4 July 2023
As pre-election jockeying intensifies in Indonesia, it’s looking like “Jokowi volume two” versus the violent-tempered former general
National affairs
How far will level-headedness take Anthony Albanese?
Peter Brent
28 June 2023
Still polling strongly, the prime minister might be pondering his predecessors’ experiences after their first year in office
Correspondents
Summit of ambitions
Michael Jacobs
24 June 2023
Emmanuel Macron’s summit meeting has given new momentum to investment in sustainable development and climate financing
Books & arts
The country we are still to be
Henry Reynolds
22 June 2023
Stan Grant’s
The Queen is Dead
reviewed
Essays & reportage
“Undecided” on the Voice
Murray Goot
20 June 2023
Depending on the choices pollsters offer, the undecideds range all the way from none to two-thirds of respondents
National affairs
Follow the money
Graeme Orr
15 June 2023
With the last great update of Australia’s electoral laws celebrating its fortieth birthday this year, it’s clearly time for change. But when and how?
National affairs
What happened to reform “on steroids”?
Paddy Gourley
14 June 2023
Are Labor’s efforts to fix a damaged public service losing momentum?
Correspondents
Where’s the climate action?
Michael Jacobs
5 June 2023
The latest UN climate conference is under way in Bonn. But the real action might be elsewhere
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