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
National Affairs
8 June 2017
Only if you don’t look too closely at how “recession” is defined
National Affairs
10 May 2017
The threat from Tony Abbott is no longer taken seriously, and the budget is all the better as a result
National Affairs
3 May 2017
The Victorian government needs to take a longer view in framing budget policy
National Affairs
20 April 2017
Adjusting the intake in response to shifts in employment makes long-term sense
National Affairs
28 March 2017
Fortunately, though, there are four things we can do in the short term to alleviate the problem
National Affairs
16 March 2017
A true story of government controls, utility privatisations, and the incentive to export
National Affairs
13 March 2017
WA Labor should immediately tackle the upper house gerrymander – and the federal Coalition needs to use the budget to get back on track
National Affairs
3 March 2017
By forcing Malcolm Turnbull to behave like Tony Abbott, the Nationals have gravely damaged the government. But Black Jack McEwen showed how that can change
National Affairs
24 February 2017
Labor is creating unrealistic expectations by refusing to accept the decision of the umpire it created
