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Building a housing solution
Alan Morris | April 21, 2025Australia is spending billions trying and still failing to get people into decent homes they can afford. Some more radical options could be on the table.
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Succession
Michelle Grattan | April 20, 2025There’s everything still to play for in the 2025 election campaign, but a host of ambitious politicians are eyeing their chances of progression should their own leaders falter in May.
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The election campAIgn
Niusha Shafiabady | April 20, 2025For better or worse, the parties contesting Australia’s election campaign are using artificial intelligence to mass produce materials and target voters with bespoke messages.
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A campaign cap won’t stump independents
Phoebe Hayman | April 20, 2025Independents have succeeded despite an electoral system stacked against them by the major parties, so additional campaign spending reforms are unlikely to stop them now.
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Defending ourselves
Bill Sweetman | April 19, 2025Donald Trump’s America is no longer a trusted ally or defence supplier, and so the allied nations which remain must focus on developing their own hardware to defend themselves against Chinese and Russian aggression.
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Enough is enough
David Andrews | April 19, 2025Australia has bent over backwards to survive the Trump 2.0 whirlwind, but at some point we’ll have to stand tall.
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Fear and loathing on the campaign trail
Michelle Grattan | April 19, 2025The current Australian campaign may be dull but political campaigns were once the stuff of passion and high drama so the Conversation asked 10 experts to nominate their favourite book about the hustings.
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Strongmen and super-daddies
Blair Williams | April 18, 2025Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s adoption of particular masculine identities reveals not only how they want to be perceived but also how they envision the electorate, the nation, and its defining values.
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The state of the states
David Clune | April 18, 2025Politicians of all stripes are zig-zagging across the country to spruik their policies and achievements, and the places they choose to visit – or ignore – offer insights into their electoral priorities and strategy.
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A brief history of hot cross buns
Darius von Guttner Sporzynski | April 18, 2025Hot cross buns appear in your local supermarket on boxing day, but the tasty bun has long been associated with Easter, and perhaps dates back long before.
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The last lap
Stephen Mills | April 17, 2025The party leaders are approaching the final lap of the election campaign. With policy speeches delivered, and rival policies on housing finally released, the campaign has begun its final week, interrupted by Easter, before early voting starts.
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One nation?
Andrew Jakubowicz | April 17, 2025In the run up to the May 3 election, questions are being raised about the value of multiculturalism as a public policy in Australia.
