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Editor's note
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While the media may have been hankering for a Labor election post-mortem than pinned the blame for the widely-unexpected defeat firmly on the leader, Jay Weatherill and Craig Emerson’s report takes a far more nuanced - and useful - approach, writes Frank Bongiorno.
While the authors seem to struggle with the role the Adani mine played in the loss - and where to go on coal from here - and are strangely silent on the Murdoch media that so assiduously campaigned against Labor - the report nonetheless takes a frank look at the party’s strategising and the dangers of paying too much attention to external polling as well as having a crowded policy agenda that tried to please too many special interests.
And it makes the point that Labor failed to adapt its election strategy when the Coalition overthrew Malcolm Turnbull and replaced him with Scott Morrison, the latter of whom had a very different manner that played well in key suburban electorates. In all, there is much that is valuable in the review, including how Labor can reinvigorate its approach and appeal to those groups that felt most alienated in the 2019 election.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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The election review is proportionate in the blame it sends Bill Shorten’s way.
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Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University
While the post-mortem is oddly silent on some issues and clearly struggling with others, it nonetheless provides a thoughtful analysis of where the party went wrong in the 2019 election.
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Grattan: the drought relief package will benefit agriculture-related businesses, but not mom-and-pop businesses in regional towns.
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Geoff Crisp and Michelle Grattan discuss the government's measures to help those hit by the drought, the ALP's election post-mortem release and Labor's recasting of its policies.
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Arts + Culture
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Bruce Isaacs, University of Sydney
With big theatre chains refusing to show Martin Scorsese's new big budget mob movie, the future of cinema is looking a little dimmer.
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Peter Monteath, Flinders University
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Politics + Society
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Zoe Rathus, Griffith University
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The long-awaited review has pinpointed key flaw's in Labor's strategy leading up to the 2019 federal election, including a cluttered policy agenda and an unpopular leader.
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Health + Medicine
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Michelle Moscova, UNSW
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Brad Ridout, University of Sydney
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Chloe Taylor, Western Sydney University
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Cities
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Education
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