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Lonely evenings at the photocopier
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Will Australia’s satellite TV service head Skywards?
Rodney Tiffen looks at the government’s current tendering process for Australia Network.
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Labor's six (almost) fatal mistakes
Labor is still deciding who will review its election performance. In Inside Story, Rodney Tiffen starts the ball rolling…
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Polls, elections and Australian political history: a primer
THERE have been so many records set recently in Australian politics that the politicians should be tested for steroids. We began the current electoral cycle with the personal defeat of a prime minister for only the second time in 110 years, with John Howard following the 1929 precedent of Stanley Bruce and being swept from...
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Time to take a deep breath
Combined with the shortcomings of the media’s reporting, the government’s weaknesses are hiding some pretty good news, writes Rodney Tiffen in Inside Story