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Will Labor take Australia further from the global core?

Will Labor take Australia further from the global core?
23.07.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Stewart Sweeney

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 20

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Stewart Sweeney

Slaying the juggernauts

Slaying the juggernauts
18.07.2025 8

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Stewart Sweeney

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

Even Ken Henry’s best ideas can’t fix a system addicted to growth
17.07.2025 8

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Stewart Sweeney

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 9

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Stewart Sweeney

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

26.05.2025 10

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Stewart Sweeney

Australia’s billion-dollar blind spot

25.05.2025 5

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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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Stewart Sweeney

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 10

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Stewart Sweeney

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 6

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

12.05.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Stewart Sweeney