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Frank Bongiorno

Frank Bongiorno teaches history at the Australian National University. His latest book, Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia, will be published in November by La Trobe University Press, an imprint of Black Inc.

National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 13 September 2022 Elizabeth II leaves a mixed legacy in Australia — and not just for republicans
Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 1 December 2021 Stuart Macintyre, 1947–2021 Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 24 September 2021 John Elliott — who died this week — in many ways personified the business excesses of Australia’s 1980s Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 3 September 2021 The Newsreader shows an industry, and a country, on the cusp of change Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 7 August 2021 How a distinguished educator fell victim to church politics and personal enmities
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 9 July 2021 The federal government’s handling of vaccinations shows how much damage has been done to the public sector
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 12 June 2021 Buying the Sydney Swans bolstered the swashbuckling 1980s image of medical entrepreneur Geoffrey Edelsten, who died this week From the archive Frank Bongiorno 4 June 2021 The pandemic has exposed longstanding problems in Australian universities. But it’s possible to map a way out National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 7 May 2021 Inadequate funding doesn’t explain all the problems at the National Archives Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 16 April 2021 A new book that attempts to understand the prime minister runs into its own problems
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 4 March 2021 Scandals on Capital Hill point to problems in schools, universities and parliament itself
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 26 January 2021 The case for changes to Australia’s honours system has become overwhelming Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 30 September 2020 Books | The second volume of Dunera Lives profiles eighteen of the “Dunera boys,” each remarkable in his own way Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 29 July 2020 How one family negotiated identities between different Italies Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 20 July 2020 Books | Christopher Pyne’s memoir reveals more than he might have intended about the state of Australian politics
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 27 May 2020 Whatever Scott Morrison has in mind, it doesn’t sound a lot like the 1980s Labor–union agreement
Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 6 May 2020 What can previous crises tell us about the prospects for progressive reform after Covid-19? Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 26 April 2020 Books | Energy, ambition, bravado and intellect — so what went wrong for Malcolm Turnbull? National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 3 January 2020 The prime minister’s political authority has fallen away more quickly than anyone could have imagined Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 10 November 2019 Books | An outsider’s view of the Labor Party’s problems calls for “a paradoxical politics”
Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 26 September 2019 Former Labor national secretary David Combe, who died this week, found himself in the middle of a maelstrom in March 1983, just as his party was taking government
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 20 May 2019 Labor’s next leader faces the job of rebuilding the party in a low-growth world National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 23 April 2019 Election 2019 | Twitter has changed the landscape of political reporting, and there’s no going back National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 1 January 2019 Cabinet Papers 1996–97 | Having inherited the inquiry into the removal of Indigenous children, the Howard government was able to extend its empathy only so far From the archive Frank Bongiorno 28 November 2018 A third win for Labor under Bob Hawke broke the postwar pattern forever
Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 22 October 2018 Books | Is Barnaby Joyce on the rise again? On the evidence of his memoir, things could get ugly
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 27 July 2018 Extract | Australia’s last great media upheaval gave Rupert Murdoch the green light to dominate the press National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 26 June 2018 Did the Ramsay Centre throw away its best chance by pushing ANU too far? Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 8 March 2018 Books | Has Clive Hamilton written what one critic called a “McCarthyist manifesto”? Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 11 February 2018 Books | Centre-left parties are struggling everywhere. Can they adapt?