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Wanna bet on the election?
In an article following the 2001 federal election, Justin Wolfers and Andrew Leigh found that…More
Letter to an expatriate friend
Dear Gill, We are one week into the six-week election campaign and there’s been a…More
Whose ladder of opportunity, Mark?
‘The next great challenge is to put up a ladder of opportunity for all.’ Who…More
Where to for baby Matilda?
It was unseasonably warm on the afternoon of Saturday August 28, the day before the…More
First week
When the ball was bounced last Sunday, Howard’s first campaign task was to get the…More
Refugees and bleeding hearts, wedging back
Rural electorates played a key role in the federal government’s recent decision to allow refugees…More
Our state of independence shall be
Bien pensant commentators berate the Howard government for failing to champion Australia’s culture of tolerance,…More
Hard choices for good democracy
Bob Brown’s Green candidate or Labor’s Lindsay Tanner? That’s the hard question facing many electors…More
Deep in the mind of dixie
WASHINGTON, D.C. – I’ve just returned from Central America, where politics is dictated by nepotism,…More