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International 7 September 2015 A line by Angela Merkel helps us understand the extraordinary welcome being given to displaced people in Germany, writes Klaus Neumann
Correspondents 4 September 2015 With two opposition parties competing for Canada’s anti-Conservative vote, the result is impossible to pick, writes Jonathan Malloy in Ottawa International 3 September 2015 A tired government faces a splintered opposition at this month’s election, writes Michael D. Barr, and fresh ideas are at a premium International 3 September 2015 Out-of-touch Republicans are propelling Donald Trump towards the presidential nomination, argues Lesley Russell
National Affairs 2 September 2015 The numbers game | The good news in this week’s growth figures is hidden by the downturn in mining, writes Tim Colebatch International 1 September 2015 Data breaches are creating a new breed of online scammer, write Ramon Lobato and Julian Thomas

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National Affairs 2 September 2015 In 2010 Judith Troeth called for quotas to increase the number of Liberal women in parliament. Five years later, says the former Liberal senator, the task is more…
National Affairs 31 August 2015 Judges take a risk when they step outside the courtroom to play the role of royal commissioner, writes Janet Ransley National Affairs 28 August 2015 The China–Australia Free Trade Agreement will make less difference to the Australian workforce than its critics imagine, argues Henry Sherrell National Affairs 28 August 2015 By-elections sometimes reflect important political trends, and sometimes they don’t, writes Peter Brent. So why are we watching Canning so closely? National Affairs 25 August 2015 Nick Xenophon is breathing down the Coalition’s neck in his home state, writes Clem Macintyre. In a tight federal election, the implications could be significant

Essays & Reportage

Essays & Reportage 21 August 2015 Twenty great British films? Brian McFarlane explains how he chose them, and looks at one old and one new
Essays & Reportage 19 August 2015 Anthropologists might have been implicated in colonial policies and practices, writes Gillian Cowlishaw, but for many decades theirs was the only scholarly discipline… Essays & Reportage 12 August 2015 Extract | Seventy years ago this week, prime minister Ben Chifley announced that the war in the Pacific was over. Planning for peace was already well under way, writes… Essays & Reportage 10 August 2015 Extract | In the face of expert opposition, scientist Grafton Elliot Smith promoted the theory that ancient Egypt was the source of almost every major innovation, writes… Essays & Reportage 24 July 2015 Tom Griffiths welcomes a profound exploration of intergenerational memory

Books & Arts

Books & Arts 31 August 2015 Television | Aquarius is a frustrating package of potentially great ideas, writes Jane Goodall
Books & Arts 31 August 2015 Books | Susan Lever reviews Gail Jones’s A Guide to Berlin Books & Arts 24 August 2015 After taking up photography at fifty-eight, Julia Margaret Cameron produced a remarkable and distinctive body of work, writes Richard Johnstone Books & Arts 21 August 2015 Books | Colour, movement and analysis – Joel Deane delivers all three in his account of Labor’s late nineties comeback in Victoria, writes Ken Haley Books & Arts 12 August 2015 Books | The best-ever account of an Australian director? Brian McFarlane reviews Jane Freebury’s survey of the director’s eclectic career

International

International 28 August 2015 With the Pacific Islands Forum meeting soon in Port Moresby, many island leaders are expressing frustration at Australia’s climate policies, writes Nic Maclellan
International 25 August 2015 An aversion to reform is not unique to democracies, writes Tim Colebatch. It’s getting in the way of China’s efforts to adjust to a new economic reality International 25 August 2015 Even the “top of Europe” suffers in a heatwave, writes Sarah Perkins. And worldwide they’re becoming more frequent and more intense International 25 August 2015 Hong Kong is testing the limits of a hybrid system tailored to the needs of Mainland China, writes Kerry Brown. And the results will be closely watched in the West International 13 August 2015 If “normalisation” becomes Japan’s new national narrative, it will undermine the hopeful story that has been told since 1945, write Carolyn S. Stevens…

Correspondents

Correspondents 7 August 2015 National treasure to be defended or imperial behemoth to be tamed? A war over the BBC’s future is taking shape, says David Hayes
Correspondents 12 July 2015 After five years in a bunker a wounded party faces a choice of exits, says David Hayes   Correspondents 16 June 2015 Now in its sixth year, the Kashish Queer Film Festival reflects an India that is changing regardless of lawmakers or the courts, reports Dennis Altman Correspondents 15 June 2015 Having won the war against the Tamil Tigers and governed with an iron grip, Mahinda Rajapaksa seemed impregnable, reports David Corlett. But behind the scenes a movement… Correspondents 8 June 2015 Without letting the government off the hook, we need to recognise the pressures that influence Myanmar’s policies in Rakhine State, writes Thomas Kean in Yangon

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