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New Politics

China’s missile launch and Australia’s panic merchants

China’s latest ballistic missile test generated predictable headlines warning of an escalating security threat across the Pacific, but the reaction revealed as much about Australia’s political culture as it did about Beijing’s military ambitions. While missile testing is hardly unique to China – with the United States, Russia and other

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Labor’s power without purpose: Who does Labor govern for?

The NSW Labor Conference was designed to project unity ahead of the party’s national conference, but it instead exposed a deeper question confronting Australian politics: what does the modern Labor Party actually stand for? While grassroots members pushed for gambling reform, affordable housing, civil liberties and a stronger response to

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Was Menzies a Nazi appeaser? The history is more complicated

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy was right to argue at his National Press Club address that Labor should not surrender patriotism, defence or national security to the conservative side of politics. He was also right that Menzies’ record on appeasement is considerably more complicated than the polished version preserved by

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