National Affairs
19 July 2018
Amid a flurry of reports comes the information we need for real progress — and some sobering data
National Affairs
27 June 2018
On top of a misconceived ad campaign, the opposition leader left a needless hostage to fortune
National Affairs
22 June 2018
New electoral boundaries create a close contest in a key federal seat
National Affairs
7 June 2018
Let’s clear up any confusion about the size of the Chinese economy
National Affairs
21 May 2018
On the figures, a sympathetic majority in the upper house seems unlikely after the next election
International
16 May 2018
Can the five parties of the governing coalition reconcile very different priorities?
National Affairs
10 May 2018
The prime minister and the Victorian premier are talking infrastructure after a long federal funding drought
National Affairs
9 May 2018
Why has the government chosen to fight the next election on weak ground?
National Affairs
2 May 2018
Cautious in parts, extravagant in others, the Victorian budget is built on a boom
National Affairs
20 April 2018
Buried in a Treasury report is the data that shows where most of the jobs are going
National Affairs
18 March 2018
Voters swung to Labor in Batman and South Australia, but with very different results
National Affairs
13 March 2018
Behind the day-to-day swings in the economic data are worrying longer-term trends
National Affairs
23 February 2018
The International Monetary Fund gets some things right and some things wrong — but you wouldn’t necessarily know which from the coverage it’s had
National Affairs
15 February 2018
The bookies are backing the Greens at next month’s by-election in inner-Melbourne. But the contest is more complicated than punters might think
Essays & Reportage
3 February 2018
Despite the sceptics, Melbourne’s Australian Open has become the biggest and best on the Grand Slam circuit
National Affairs
14 December 2017
The detailed figures are out at last, and they confirm that One Nation’s preferences barely mattered
National Affairs
11 December 2017
Dig a little deeper into the result of the Northcote by-election, and there’s hope yet for Labor in what was starting to look like Greens territory
National Affairs
11 December 2017
With four state elections and a national poll on the horizon, it’s worth looking more closely at what happened north of the Tweed
National Affairs
1 December 2017
A Labor government is certain, but beyond that it’s Brisbane versus the rest
National Affairs
26 November 2017
Historically low support for the major parties has contributed to a result that’s still too close to call
National Affairs
21 November 2017
A shock by-election in Victoria has boosted optimism among Greens. But does electoral geography support their wider hopes?
National Affairs
14 November 2017
Bad drafting, bad interpretation and bad politics have contributed to an unnecessary crisis. The solution is in the hands of parliament
National Affairs
18 October 2017
The Turnbull government’s pledge could leave Australia as one of the G20’s biggest per capita polluters — and with prices as high as ever
International
2 October 2017
Life is still good for many Italians, but bad decisions are deepening the north–south divide
National Affairs
12 August 2017
Country Australia is losing out on full-time jobs, forcing its young to head for the cities
National Affairs
26 July 2017
A major economics conference wound up talking about the topic on everyone else’s lips
National Affairs
26 July 2017
No one has produced evidence that One Nation voters are primarily motivated by racism
National Affairs
5 July 2017
Dig a little deeper, and the figures tell us unexpected things about more than one Australia
National Affairs
23 June 2017
What are the consequences of choosing a second-best scheme?
National Affairs
10 June 2017
Growth continues to be slow and uneven, and we seem unable to distribute its benefits fairly
