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The old hack who could
Nick Haslam
29 November 2023
A defence of Joe Biden’s record highlights a deeper problem
Correspondents
Taiwan’s cat warrior to the rescue?
Antonia Finnane
24 November 2023
Hsiao Bi-khim’s impressive record might help save Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party from electoral defeat
Essays & Reportage
The world after John Curtin
Tom Griffiths
24 November 2023
What guidance for the challenges facing the planet can we find in the words of one of Australia’s greatest prime ministers?
Correspondents
Rolling with the waves
Hamish McDonald
24 November 2023
The Solomon Islands prime minister has played off China and the West remarkably well
Books & Arts
Manhattan’s media piranha
Rodney Tiffen
10 November 2023
Biographer Michael Wolff is still carrying a torch for the disgraced former Fox News head Roger Ailes
International
Neither Democrats nor democrats
Lesley Russell
7 November 2023
The Republican Party might not be American democracy’s only enemy, but it’s the biggest
National Affairs
Getting the referendum wrong
Peter Brent
6 November 2023
Railing against the elites, the
Australian
’s editor-at-large has missed real messages in the Voice vote
Essays & Reportage
Medicare’s forty-year update
Mike Steketee
1 November 2023
The federal government’s plans are receiving cautious support in unexpected quarters
International
Scaling the Great Wall
Mark Baker
30 October 2023
Anthony Albanese’s visit to China late this week comes almost exactly fifty years after Gough Whitlam’s pioneering trip
International
Flying too close to the son?
Liam Gammon
27 October 2023
Despite potential pitfalls, the Indonesian president seems set on creating a new political dynasty
International
While the world looks elsewhere, Myanmar’s civil war grinds on
Adam Simpson & Nicholas Farrelly
25 October 2023
Preoccupied with other conflicts, the democratic world is passing up the chance to shift the dynamics in Myanmar
National Affairs
Imelda Marcos’s videotapes
Mark Baker
24 October 2023
… and other encounters with Bill Hayden, foreign minister 1983–88
Books & Arts
The one who told them who they were
Nick Haslam
19 October 2023
A writer and activist explores the changing seasons of grief
International
NZ’s back-to-the-future election
Jennifer Curtin
18 October 2023
Saturday’s result looks like a return to pre-Ardern, pre-Covid politics
National Affairs
Indigenous policy’s inflection point
Michael Dillon
16 October 2023
What does the referendum result mean for First Nations policymaking?
National Affairs
The unforgiving logic of Labor referendums
Peter Brent
16 October 2023
Despite the Yes campaign’s best efforts, Saturday’s vote followed the referendum playbook
Books & Arts
Western civilisation and its discontents
Kate Fullagar
14 October 2023
A mix of ingenuity, creativity, contradiction and collaboration unsettles the much-vaunted concept of “the West”
National Affairs
The weight of history
Peter Brent
13 October 2023
Different audiences will be watching for different messages during Saturday night’s referendum count
Essays & Reportage
A steady path to sovereignty?
Tim Rowse
6 October 2023
The Voice debate has opened up the complexity of First Nations political thought
Books & Arts
The art of a memoir
Sara Dowse
3 October 2023
How best to capture real lives on the page?
National Affairs
Timing, and other referendum obstacles
Peter Brent
29 September 2023
History shows that the merits of the question are secondary considerations in any referendum vote
National Affairs
Pharaoh’s curse
James Murphy
28 September 2023
Daniel Andrews’s legacy is written across Victoria in concrete and steel
Correspondents
From net zero to rock bottom
Michael Jacobs
25 September 2023
With an eye to the next election, the British government has backtracked on climate initiatives to try to drive a wedge into Labour
National Affairs
Who’s minding the minders?
Paddy Gourley
14 September 2023
The government’s planned regulations aren’t tough enough to bring ministerial staff under control
Books & Arts
Clash of the titans
Paul Rodan
8 September 2023
Doc Evatt may have won the battle over banning the Communist Party but Bob Menzies was the ultimate victor
National Affairs
Is security trumping democracy?
Richard Robison and Garry Rodan
8 September 2023
Australia’s foreign policy is falling victim to domestic conflicts between conservatism and social democracy
Books & Arts
Slapped by reality
Linda Jaivin
1 September 2023
A fascinating examination of the Chinese economy leaves one big question unanswered
National Affairs
No diversion unticked
Peter Brent
31 August 2023
A more responsible party leader wouldn’t have joined in a ridiculous debate about ticks and crosses
National Affairs
The weakest link
Lesley Russell
30 August 2023
Private health insurance is a drain on the federal budget with no clear benefits. So why is Labor only quietly tinkering?
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
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