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National affairs Yes, no… or none of the above? Gabrielle Appleby 30 May 2013 By failing to consult adequately about its referendum on local government, the government has increased the likelihood it will fail, argues Gabrielle Appleby Books & arts I get by with a little help from my friends Frank Bongiorno 23 May 2013 Frank Bongiorno reviews Nick Cater’s The Lucky Culture National affairs The vision thing Robert Milliken 23 May 2013 In uncertain economic times, South Australia has found a few niches but is looking for more, writes Robert Milliken National affairs Europe, Australia and the slow death of carbon trading Fergus Green 22 May 2013 Europe’s carbon pricing woes cast further doubt on the credibility of Australia’s scheme and on Treasury’s forecasts of the revenue it will reap for the budget

From the archive The right kind of middle class? Frank Bongiorno 19 December 2012 What happened when journalist Peter Coleman assembled a star-studded group of writers in 1962 to rethink the way intellectuals viewed Australia? Essays & reportage From a drowning to a celebration Dennis Altman 11 December 2012 In this edited version of a recent Dunstan Foundation lecture, Dennis Altman looks at forty years of gay liberation and the work still to be done Essays & reportage It was time: Mick Young’s triumph Stephen Mills 29 November 2012 Not only was the 1972 election a watershed for Labor, it also created the modern political campaign National affairs Australia’s unlucky parliaments Norman Abjorensen 7 November 2012 If it’s true that a country gets the politicians it deserves, then Australia is in a bad way, writes Norman Abjorensen

National affairs Latham’s list was a hit in the polls Peter Browne 27 August 2012 Mark Latham’s school funding policy was seen as an electoral minus for Labor. The polls disagree National affairs Wicked problems and good intentions Savitri Taylor 20 August 2012 The federal government has taken the risky punt that bad policies can achieve good results, argues Savitri Taylor in this analysis of the report of the expert panel on… National affairs The worldly art of Richard Torbay Frank Bongiorno 14 August 2012 This independent MP rose from thirty-year-old Armidale councillor to NSW parliamentary speaker. Now he plans to take on Tony Windsor for the Nationals. Frank … Essays & reportage Labor’s next generation Dennis Altman 9 August 2012 Reports of Labor’s death have been grossly exaggerated, writes Dennis Altman