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Australian Politics
May 18, 2019
Remembering Bob Hawke, Whose Reforms Transformed Australia
By Kiran Mohandas Menon
The late Bob Hawke arguably did more to usher Australia into the modern era than any other post-war leader.
April 19, 2019
The Evolving Australia-Indonesia Relationship Amid Election Season
By Grant Wyeth
With Jokowi likely scoring another term in Indonesia, the bilateral relationship’s direction balances on Australia’s pending polls.
March 04, 2019
The New Colombo Plan and Australia’s Asian Future
By Grant Wyeth
The program’s true success will come when wider Australia society begins to feel a greater affinity with Asia.
February 09, 2019
Why Did Australia Push Out a Chinese Communist Party-Linked Billionaire?
By Grant Wyeth
Alex Joske explains the context of the Australian government's actions against Huang Xiangmo.
February 01, 2019
Australia Needs a New National Security Strategy
By Samuel Bashfield
Drafting a new national security strategy will be a grueling and charged affair, but it's time for an update.
December 07, 2018
Australia’s Liberal Party in Disarray
By Grant Wyeth
Does the party have the ability to purge its reactionary elements and realign itself as a responsible governing entity?
November 27, 2018
Liberal Bloodbath Repels Australian Voters
By Anthony Fensom
The ruling party is already paying the price for its party room coup this summer.
October 30, 2018
Australia-Indonesia Ties: The Problem of Unnecessary Irritants
By Luke Hunt
The recent controversy about a potential Israel embassy move is exactly the kind of thing the relationship does not need.
October 24, 2018
Australian Government's Balancing Act Gets a Little Bit Harder
By Anthony Fensom
The loss in the Wentworth by-election cost the Morrison government its lower house majority.
October 11, 2018
Why is Australia Trying to Push Migrants Away from Sydney and Melbourne?
By Grant Wyeth
Canberra simply doesn’t understand the power and pull of urban spaces in the modern economy.
August 31, 2018
Polls and Party Room Infighting Undermine the Australian Government
By Patrick Stafrace
Australia’s revolving door of prime ministers is a symptom of a weakening political system.
August 29, 2018
What Happened to Australia’s Liberal Party?
By Grant Wyeth
The party’s internal meltdown is rooted in the tensions inherent to its liberal and conservative roots.
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