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Thirty years on, the Howard legacy still defines our limits

Thirty years on, the Howard legacy still defines our limits

John Howard marks 30 years since the Coalition’s 1996 victory with a familiar story of stability and economic management. But the deeper legacy is...

03.03.2026 10

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When both sides chant 'lower tax', the country pays in division

As the Coalition reasserts “lower tax” as political identity and Labor rushes to deny the high-tax label, Australian politics is losing the...

16.02.2026 40

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The moral animal in a world of power

05.02.2026 10

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Australia looks like a winner – but we’re losing where it counts

21.01.2026 10

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Choosing hope in an uncertain world

19.12.2025 6

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The next century will be shaped by resistance, not inevitability

14.12.2025 10

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The real winners of Australia’s under-16s social media ban

11.12.2025 6

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The great failure of the property industry

30.11.2025 8

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When evidence stops leading policy-making

28.11.2025 10

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Australia’s science crisis reveals a century of structural failure

20.11.2025 8

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From Whitlam to AUKUS: Sovereignty silenced

19.11.2025 10

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As baby boomer era nears end, this is their legacy

19.11.2025 10

The New Daily

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The last Boomer

17.11.2025 10

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'A national humiliation': Australia at bottom of new renewables ranking

16.11.2025 9

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Game, set and match to the property industry – unless we change everything

30.10.2025 10

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From proletariat to boxetariat: The new working class

24.10.2025 10

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War without end, peace without justice

16.10.2025 9

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Trump’s war for peace: How the Nobel became his battlefield

14.10.2025 7

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Quantico’s verdict: The silence that stripped Trump bare

02.10.2025 10

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Labor has a narrow window to effect change

28.09.2025 7

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The world in 2050 is already here

28.09.2025 10

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Gas is not a climate policy

26.09.2025 9

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Why the planet now needs China

19.09.2025 10

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Starmer’s collapse and the rebirth of a movement

17.09.2025 10

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The retreat of social democracy and the rise of the hard right

11.09.2025 10

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Still talkin’ ’bout My Generation

22.08.2025 10

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Bringing government back – but not all the way

05.08.2025 10

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Will Labor take Australia further from the global core?

23.07.2025 10

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From Trinity Tower to a true student district: Adelaide must choose its future

A planned student accommodation tower on North Tce exemplifies what Adelaide is becoming under the Malinauskas government: a property developer...

19.07.2025 10

InDaily

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Slaying the juggernauts

18.07.2025 9

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Even Ken Henry’s best ideas can’t fix a system addicted to growth

17.07.2025 10

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Boomers bashing again: Change the rules

08.07.2025 10

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Labor’s Left majority: A defining moment

30.06.2025 10

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Not yet born: America at the crossroads

18.06.2025 10

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Australia's dependence on the US does not end with Trump

15.06.2025 10

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Beyond the sensible centre: A critical reflection on political imagination in the 21st century

30.05.2025 10

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Dee Madigan and the art of the possible: Branding progress or boxing it in?

26.05.2025 10

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Australia’s billion-dollar blind spot

25.05.2025 6

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From campaign genius to nation-builder? Paul Erickson and Labor’s long game

22.05.2025 10

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Factional comfort gazumps innovation courage

22.05.2025 20

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After the victory: Kelty’s warning and why it’s still not enough

19.05.2025 20

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The vanishing elders of Australian politics

18.05.2025 10

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Still waiting for the Asian Century? The world-system has moved on

16.05.2025 9

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Productivity with purpose: Roy Green, structural reform and Australia’s place in the world

12.05.2025 10

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