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National Affairs
Gap years
Michael Dillon
8 March 2024
Obfuscation and delay are blocking efforts to tackle Indigenous disadvantage
Books & Arts
Voices off
Tim Rowse
15 February 2024
What does the experience of the Ngaanyatjarra community tells us about the bipartisan promise of regional Voices?
Correspondents
Lost in the post
Peter Mares
12 February 2024
Britain’s Post Office scandal, kept alive by dogged journalism and a new drama series, still has a long way to run
National Affairs
On housing, is Labor listening?
Peter Mares
26 January 2024
The government seems to be ignoring valuable ideas raised during consultations on its housing plan
National Affairs
Tax reform is hard, but not impossible
Danielle Wood
7 November 2023
The outgoing Grattan Institute chief executive strikes an optimistic note in this year’s Freebairn Lecture
Essays & Reportage
Climate’s quiet achiever
Akshat Rathi
20 October 2023
When the history of electric vehicles is written, who will be seen as central?
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
National Affairs
The ageing alarmists won’t let go
John Quiggin
4 September 2023
Fears about the impact of increasing longevity haven’t aged well
Books & Arts
Recoding government
Andrew Leigh
30 August 2023
Are governments creating efficient online systems that don’t make us feel stupid?
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
Books & Arts
The incrementalists
Sean Kelly
5 July 2023
Is there a case for gradual change in a radical age?
Essays & Reportage
Choice versus voice
Mark Considine
22 June 2023
Why money won’t fix Australia’s broken social services model
Books & Arts
Global reach
Michael Gill
15 May 2023
Do asset managers own the world?
National Affairs
Treaty-making gathers pace
Harry Hobbs
17 March 2023
Most state and territory governments have commenced negotiations with First Nation peoples
Books & Arts
Lies, damned lies, and data
Danielle Wood
30 January 2023
Wrong, misleading or beside the point: bad data is bad for policymaking — and examples abound
National Affairs
What I learned at Senate estimates
Barbara Pocock
18 November 2022
A first-time senator is fascinated and alarmed
Essays & Reportage
The strange career of the great Australian silence
Dean Ashenden
15 November 2022
How a journey north from Adelaide led to
Telling Tennant’s Story
, the 2022 Political Book of the Year
Books & Arts
Vision splendid
Patrick Mullins
4 November 2022
Frank Bongiorno’s new political history of Australia is as much about the spectators as the players
National Affairs
Chalmers’s long game
Tim Colebatch
26 October 2022
Labor’s first budget is a good start, but the treasurer’s roll-up-your-sleeves attitude still needs to be applied to some tough challenges
Essays & Reportage
Governing in times of crisis
James Walter
24 October 2022
What does history tell us about Anthony Albanese’s prospects?
Books & Arts
Amorality for hire
Gideon Haigh
13 October 2022
How does a firm labelled “the greatest legitimiser of mass layoffs… in modern history” continue to sail tranquilly above the fray?
National Affairs
How will we vote in the future?
Peter Brent
7 October 2022
The signs of change are clear, but the balance between convenience and secrecy is still evolving
National Affairs
The Voice: not enough “meat on the bone”?
Tim Rowse
27 September 2022
Are fears of a repeat of the 1999 republic referendum influencing the campaign for an Indigenous Voice?
National Affairs
Good ideas going nowhere
Peter Mares
27 August 2021
Timid governments need shaking up — but the pressure won’t come from the top
Books & Arts
Yes they can (and should)
Paul ’t Hart
16 August 2021
A pragmatist’s vision for better government
Books & Arts
Monarchs on my mind
Dennis Altman
16 August 2021
Could constitutional monarchies be the best of a bad lot?
National Affairs
Tribal gridlock
John Daley
27 July 2021
A hardening of shibboleths is eating away at good government
National Affairs
Discomfort zone
Peter Brent
21 July 2021
Political authority is a precious commodity. Use it or lose it
National Affairs
Rolling out the barrel
Ian McAuley
16 July 2021
Electoral bribery is expensive, wasteful and probably ineffective. And why is Canberra funding car parks anyway?
National Affairs
A little jab, now and then
Frank Bongiorno
9 July 2021
The federal government’s handling of vaccinations shows how much damage has been done to the public sector
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