Election Interpreter 2013

Hugh Jorgensen is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre. It took me three years of work to get us into the G20. We are hosting it next year. To have this jammed up against a federal election date is a problem and if I can overcome that problem I will. — Kevin

Short posts from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign. See the Election Interpreter 2013 archive for the whole series. How we plan to steer the Australian economy and the expectations that help shape it between the Scylla of

1. Because he hasn't shown a great deal of policy radicalism in other spheres. Despite Abbott's reputation as a fighter and hardliner, he hasn't picked too many policy fights with the Government or his own backers. A generous parental leave scheme is perhaps Abbott's biggest break from his own

Short posts from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign. See the Election Interpreter 2013 archive for the whole series. Among the many international challenges, few are more important — or harder to achieve — than turning

We kick off our election coverage with short posts from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign. The most important but least discussed issue of the campaign will be population policy. After the Asian Century White Paper