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Flawed foundations
Peter Mares
8 September 2023
The federal government needs more than conventional wisdom to craft a national housing strategy
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The ageing alarmists won’t let go
John Quiggin
4 September 2023
Fears about the impact of increasing longevity haven’t aged well
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Asking the right questions about the ABC
Michael Gill
1 September 2023
Is the broadcaster judging itself according to the wrong criteria?
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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
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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?
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What happened to Gonski’s schools?
Chris Bonnor
18 August 2023
Successive reviews of school education have promised a brighter future, but how many of them have gone back to see what went wrong last time?
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No time to waste
Jessica Urwin
18 August 2023
The defeat of the latest in a series of nuclear waste plans signals the need for a fresh approach
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Flying high
James Panichi
14 August 2023
Qantas’s relations with government underscore the inadequacies of Australia’s lobbying laws
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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
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Looking over the ABC’s demographic cliff
Geraldine Doogue
7 August 2023
Denial is no solution to the ABC’s problems. But neither is panic
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Quad erat demonstrandum?
Hamish McDonald
31 July 2023
A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government
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Yes and No: the official (but curiously incomplete) cases
Tim Rowse
19 July 2023
Neither of the Voice to Parliament pamphlets rises to the occasion
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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
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Why is Labor contesting Fadden?
Peter Brent
13 July 2023
History isn’t encouraging, but perhaps the government is playing a long game
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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
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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
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A pause in the thaw?
Hamish McDonald
27 June 2023
Signs suggest the warming of Australia–China relations has slowed to a glacial pace
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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?
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Pandemic déjà vu
Daniel Reeders
15 June 2023
In the aftermath of the worst of Covid-19, what does history tell us about how best to deal with the experience?
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What happened to reform “on steroids”?
Paddy Gourley
14 June 2023
Are Labor’s efforts to fix a damaged public service losing momentum?
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Losing ground?
Murray Goot
9 June 2023
Support for the Voice may not have dropped as much as the latest Newspoll suggests
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Dazzled on the Danube
Peter Browne
7 June 2023
What was Greg Sheridan doing in Budapest?
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Heart of darkness
Hamish McDonald
2 June 2023
The judgement against Ben Roberts-Smith throws the spotlight onto the special war crimes investigator
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Murder he wrote
Mark Baker
2 June 2023
Ben Roberts-Smith might be the author of his own fall, but the implications extend to the highest levels of military decision-making
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More closure in Western Australia
John Phillimore
1 June 2023
A premier chooses when to depart, with potential federal implications
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The perfect versus the good
Peter Mares
22 May 2023
How hard should the Greens push on housing?
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The referendum’s lines in the sand
Tim Rowse
19 May 2023
If the parliamentary committee is any guide, representation and risk have become the sharpest dividing lines in the Voice debate
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Five minutes of sunshine?
John Quiggin
15 May 2023
The Albanese government has quietly abandoned full employment
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The devils in Chalmers’s details
Tim Colebatch
10 May 2023
The framework is right, but timidity has produced bad compromises
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Jenny Macklin’s mythbusters
Mike Steketee
10 May 2023
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee might not have got what it asked for, but it has kickstarted an overdue debate
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