Inside Story

National affairs A long goodbye? Peter Brent 12 December 2024 The signs aren’t great for Labor, but the Coalition has its vulnerabilities too — and the election is still months away National affairs Who belongs in the Senate? William Maley 6 December 2024 Pauline Hanson is wrong and Fatima Payman right about the question of eligibility National affairs Is that a fact? Peter Browne 29 November 2024 Do partisan voters really inhabit separate realities? National affairs At last, Labor’s campaign finance bill Graeme Orr 19 November 2024 Big parties versus the rest? Our assessment of the government’s plans

Books & arts Map-making and myth-busting Zora Simic 14 December 2024 Joni Mitchell’s latest biographer creates a new geography of her work and influence Books & arts The good fight Gary Werskey 11 December 2024 How two political consultants pushed the Democratic Party towards their imagined middle ground Books & arts Does Xi’s ideology matter? John Fitzgerald 11 December 2024 Kevin Rudd sees a clear line between the Chinese president’s worldview and his country’s path. But is it as simple as that? Books & arts Things that want to be heard Andrew Ford 9 December 2024 Musicologist Lawrence Kramer wants his readers to think differently about the sound of music and the music of sound

Correspondents The Keir Starmer conundrum David Hayes 25 November 2024 British Labour’s early missteps are sullying its promise of renewal. The prime minister, unmoved, is reaching for the stars Correspondents Neither triumph nor Trumped Michael Jacobs 25 November 2024 Another cliffhanger climate conference achieves a kind of progress Correspondents Who governs the climate? Michael Jacobs 21 November 2024 While COP29 meets in Baku G20 leaders have been making their own decisions in Rio Correspondents “Better a bad deal than a good civil war” Nic Maclellan 15 November 2024 France has delayed elections in New Caledonia to enable negotiations on a new political statute. But what happens if a deal can’t be struck?