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National affairs Brian Costar 14 May 2009 The Brimbank Council scandal illustrates all that’s wrong with party factions, writes Brian Costar
National affairs Rob Chalmers 13 May 2009 How does the Budget look if you've been going into the lock-up since 1952? The Press Gallery’s longest-serving member, Rob Chalmers, reports from Canberra National affairs Norman Abjorensen 5 May 2009 The federal government’s reversal on climate change is another example of the corporate colonisation of society, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs Peter Brent 29 April 2009 Michael Ronaldson’s criticism of the electoral system is undermined by some very strange reasoning, writes Peter Brent National affairs Peter Brent 22 April 2009 The Coalition isn’t making headway with its asylum seeker campaign, writes Peter Brent
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 22 April 2009 There is something faintly absurd about treating a potential global catastrophe as just another everyday event that can be managed, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 9 April 2009 We want political leaders to be like us, but at the same time not like us, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs Brian Costar 3 April 2009 Australia’s new electoral commissioner has puts the facts back into the electoral reform debate, writes Brian Costar Frank Bongiorno 3 April 2009 Attitudes to people with disabilities are changing in Britain, but the progress is uneven, writes Frank Bongiorno in London National affairs Brian Toohey 31 March 2009 The growing demands of the superannuation industry are narrowing the government’s spending options, writes Brian Toohey
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 26 March 2009 History and geography suggest that Queensland’s Liberal National Party needs to think hard about its future, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs Peter Brent 25 March 2009 John Howard as opposition leader rather than as prime minister has something to say to a fractious opposition, argues Peter Brent National affairs Geoffrey Barker 24 March 2009 News Limited’s newspapers viewed the Queensland election through an anti-Labor lens, writes Geoffrey Barker, and most of the other media followed their lead National affairs Brian Costar 18 March 2009 Lawrence Springborg has a glimpse of the summit, but the polls suggest he won’t get there this time, writes Brian Costar Essays & reportage Peter Mares 18 March 2009 Far North Queensland won’t decide Saturday’s state election, but it’s a barometer of the stresses brought on by the economic downturn, reports Peter …
Podcasts Peter Clarke 15 March 2009 Brian Costar discusses next Saturday’s Queensland election with Peter Clarke
National affairs Peter Mares 13 March 2009 All the evidence is in, yet the government has ordered another inquiry into the impact of gambling, writes Peter Mares National affairs Norman Abjorensen 11 March 2009 Self-imposed exile is the last place from which to launch a plausible leadership bid, writes Norman Abjorensen International Fred Fletcher 10 March 2009 Will another liberal intellectual lead a party to power, this time in Canada? Fred Fletcher profiles Michael Ignatieff National affairs Geoffrey Barker 27 February 2009 John Howard continues to defend an increasingly outmoded view of the role of government, writes Geoffrey Barker
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 27 February 2009 Defence and Foreign Affairs are special cases in government, which means the rewards of the job are uncertain, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs Brian Costar 24 February 2009 The Queensland election is the first test for the new Liberal National Party, writes Brian Costar, and it has quite a fight on its hands National affairs Peter Brent 19 February 2009 Malcolm Turnbull is playing the long game, writes Peter Brent, but he mightn’t be leader when it counts Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 19 February 2009 There’s plenty of scope for the federal government’s “revolution” in schooling but few signs of the ideas and resources it would require, writes Dean … National affairs Norman Abjorensen 12 February 2009 The stand-off between Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull has the vital element of farce: the juxtaposition of the incongruous, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs Geoffrey Barker 12 February 2009 The contrasting treatment of Trent Smith and Matthew Hyndes raises troubling questions about the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, writes Geoffrey Barker
Frank Bongiorno 1 February 2009 Despite the financial crisis, there’s no mood of national introspection in Britain, writes Frank Bongiorno National affairs Norman Abjorensen 29 January 2009 There is no longer a constituency for a small “l” Liberal Party, argues Norman Abjorensen National affairs Norman Abjorensen 13 January 2009 The year 1909 saw a seachange in Australian politics, writes Norman Abjorensen on the anniversary of the fusion of the non-Labor parties Frank Bongiorno 2 January 2009 Two Australias exist side by side in the British media, writes Frank Bongiorno