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He’s not the Messiah
Robert Phiddian
23 May 2024
A former prime minister ponders providence
International
Politicians versus voters
Lesley Russell
23 May 2024
The US Congress has a deep problem with governing — though voters also reserve the right to contradict themselves
National Affairs
Too many bedrooms, not enough homes
Peter Mares
22 May 2024
Local councils and NIMBYs continue to cop much of the blame for housing shortages. But the full story is a bit more complicated
National Affairs
Truth rears its ugly head
Michael Maley
21 May 2024
We all want political advertising to be truthful. The devil is in the detail
Books & Arts
Oh, Sir Roger!
Jim Davidson
20 May 2024
The extraordinary life — and death — of Roger Casement, humanitarian and Irish patriot
Books & Arts
Citizen capitalists
Susan Sheridan
21 May 2024
A family history doubles as a chronicle of a certain kind of South Australian
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National Affairs
That fickle budget bounce
Peter Brent
17 May 2024
All eyes will be on the next round of opinion polls. But it’s the ones that come later that count
National Affairs
The changing fortunes of politicians’ schools
Chris Bonnor
3 May 2024
Before federal MPs vote on a new national schools agreement they should look at what’s happened to the schools they once attended
National Affairs
For whom the pendulum swings
Peter Brent
3 May 2024
The job of Liberal leader once swung from the party’s left to its right. But a lot has changed in recent years
National Affairs
Think-tanked
Hamish McDonald
22 April 2024
As a China-watching think tank winds up after Morrison-era cuts, a respected analyst reviews government funding for security-related research and education
National Affairs
Electoral shadows
Paul Rodan
17 April 2024
Past election results offer good news and bad for the federal government
Essays & Reportage
Essays & Reportage
Selling the forest, not the trees
Jo Chandler
3 May 2024
Villages are banding together in the Solomon Islands to show that carbon credits can have multiple benefits
Essays & Reportage
From a distance
Anne-Marie Condé
23 April 2024
A chance find reveals a trove of wartime letters and other memorabilia
Essays & Reportage
A Dili diary
Nicholas Jose
18 April 2024
Layers of history — Portugese, Dutch, Japanese, Indonesian, Australian — aren’t far from the surface in the Timorese capital and its hinterland
Essays & Reportage
Unbeaching the whale: the book
Dean Ashenden
25 March 2024
A different kind of school reform is needed — reform of governance, the sector system and the daily work of students and teachers
Essays & Reportage
Olympic origins
Jock Given
20 March 2024
Queensland premier Steven Miles is learning an old lesson about sporting venues: sometimes it is best to love the ones you have
Books & Arts
Books & Arts
Epistolary lives
Susan Lever
16 May 2024
Forty years of correspondence illuminates the careers of two important Australian writers
Books & Arts
Distant crimes, nearby perpetrators
Hamish McDonald
10 May 2024
Under pressure from Canberra to fill the ships, how many “right-wing undesirables” did officials allow on boats to Australia?
Books & Arts
The propagandist
Jane Goodall
10 May 2024
How a shape-shifting journalist turned the Germans’ techniques back on them
Books & Arts
The case for banning billionaires
Peter Mares
29 April 2024
Should there be a limit on how rich you can be?
Books & Arts
Working-class hero
Brett Evans
24 April 2024
Gary Stevenson’s epiphany came once he’d joined the top ranks of London’s foreign-exchange traders
International
International
Hacking’s victims fight back
Rodney Tiffen
15 May 2024
Fresh revelations suggest that the scandalous behaviour at London-based Murdoch newspapers was wider and deeper than previously believed
International
Winning for democracy
John Austin, Lucas Kreuzer and Kamil Lungu
15 May 2024
In Poland, Donald Tusk shows how to reach voters tempted by authoritarians
International
One election, two dramas
Robin Jeffrey
10 May 2024
India’s election is about much more than which party will govern
International
Dynasty’s end?
Michael Barr
7 May 2024
Singapore faces a future without a Lee
International
Imperial echoes
Jon Richardson
27 April 2024
March’s terrorist attack in Moscow highlights Russia’s often-fraught dealings with Muslim peoples and states
Correspondents
Correspondents
Global waves hit Micronesian shores
Nic Maclellan
10 May 2024
As the United States prepares for conflict with China, its military build-up in Micronesia is intensifying
Correspondents
Down the drain
Michael Jacobs
4 May 2024
As raw sewage gushes into the Thames and voters turn away in droves, Rishi Sunak’s government enters its doomed home stretch
Correspondents
The fragility of American democracy
Lesley Russell
22 March 2024
Sooner or later, both major parties will have to deal with Trumpism’s legacy, made worse by the problems inherent in America’s political system
Correspondents
Which way will independent voters jump?
Lesley Russell
15 March 2024
The real issues in the US presidential race have been swamped by the big news
Correspondents
Lord Salisbury’s message for the housing ombudsman
Peter Mares
20 February 2024
… and the housing ombudsman’s message for Australia