David Clune was the NSW parliament’s historian and is currently an Honorary Associate in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. He is the co-editor with Rodney Smith of From Carr to Keneally: Labor in Office in NSW 1995–2011.
National affairs
NSW Labor’s best intentions
David Clune
30 June 2019
The long leadership race has given Gladys Berejiklian’s government valuable breathing space
National affairs
Ripe for revival
David Clune
30 May 2019
Mark Latham’s plan for the NSW upper house sidesteps rather than confronts parliament’s problems
National affairs
The art of the deal
David Clune
8 May 2019
Election 2019 | New South Wales has some lessons for the Senate
National affairs
Awake at the wheel
David Clune
24 March 2019
Gladys Berejiklian’s historic win was partly good luck but mainly good management
National affairs
Close enough could be good enough
David Clune
9 March 2019
Far from being a disaster in New South Wales, minority government could bring lasting reforms
National affairs
Big-spending blues
David Clune
25 February 2019
The NSW government’s privatisation and investment strategy has fallen out of sync with the electoral cycle
National affairs
Labor’s reset in New South Wales
David Clune
12 November 2018
The state party’s new leader stands in a long tradition, but it’s not clear what that will mean in practice
National affairs
State of anticipation
David Clune
11 September 2018
Will voter disenchantment be great enough to unseat Gladys Berejiklian’s government in New South Wales?
National affairs
How Holman took on the House
David Clune
13 November 2017
Malcolm Turnbull’s loss of a majority in parliament has at least one illuminating precedent
Books & arts
When do we get stuck into them?
David Clune
10 July 2017
Books | Former NSW Labor MP Carl Scully settles old scores in a vivid account of life in Macquarie Street
National affairs
Where to for Gladys Berejiklian?
David Clune
11 April 2017
Three bad by-election results have increased the pressure on the first female Liberal premier of New South Wales. But an election is still two years away
National affairs
Colin Barnett’s electrical albatross
David Clune
6 March 2017
The WA premier has drawn the wrong lesson from Mike Baird’s 2015 election win
Books & arts
A danger to democracy and liberty?
David Clune
10 November 2016
Books | A new account of the 1916 and 1917 conscription debates looks beyond the factional struggles that tore Labor apart
National affairs
In New South Wales, the return of politics as usual?
David Clune
4 October 2016
A slump in popularity highlights the challenges for Mike Baird’s brand of leadership
National affairs
Thinking the once-unthinkable in New South Wales
David Clune
4 March 2015
Is a Labor victory possible? David Clune looks at what’s working in Mike Baird’s favour, and what isn’t
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