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July 1, 2020American carnage
Donald Trump and the collapse of the Union
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May 1, 2020What lessons will we learn from the virus?
Hope is essential, but optimism can be deadly
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February 1, 2020Leaders and dung beetles
On John Cain, Scott Morrison and our curious inability to elect good people
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November 1, 2019Revolutions past
Labor and the Liberals have abandoned their old ideological contests as they battle to define the values of the new middle class
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September 1, 2019A time to remember
The passing of Labor’s great speechwriter Graham Freudenberg highlights the party’s absence of a clear rationale
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August 1, 2018All the way with Donald J?
Australia cannot stay silent about Trump
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June 1, 2018A pack of bankers
The financial services royal commission has revealed more than anyone banked on
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April 1, 2018Rethinking the republic
A change in our head of state won’t change everything, and other lessons for the next push
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December 1, 2017We are all diminished
Australian politics is full of contradictions, double standards and gaping voids
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October 1, 2017What should we do with Captain Cook?
The pitfalls of memorialising historical figures
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July 1, 2017The handshake
Could Donald Trump finally force Australia to critically examine its feudal obligations to the US?
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May 1, 2017New tricks
Why do our political parties persist with economic rationalism?
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March 1, 2017American berserk
Donald Trump’s presidency feels both unprecedented and oddly familiar
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November 1, 2016A democratic moment
Hillary Clinton needs her new progressive agenda as much as America does
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October 1, 2016The mystery of Malcolm Turnbull
What does the prime minister stand for, and when will we find out about it?