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Frank Bongiorno

Frank Bongiorno teaches at the Australian National University, where he is Head of the School of History. His most recent book is The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia (Black Inc., 2015).

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 Extract | 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? Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 5 January 2018 Books | Beyond the headlines it generated, Kevin Rudd’s memoir helps explain why he lost the prime ministership
Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 25 November 2017 A new book takes a nuanced look at ageing gay men and the world they live in
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 19 November 2017 Perhaps the most interesting results of the marriage-equality survey were to be seen outside the eastern capitals Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 10 October 2017 What will Sam Dastyari do if he’s given a second chance? His autobiography only hints at an answer National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 4 September 2017 Can we hold more than one idea in our heads at the same time? Summer season Frank Bongiorno 10 August 2017 Birth and luck clearly play an enormous role in our lives. So why does the idea of a meritocracy maintain its grip?
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 28 June 2016 Despite the Brexit shock and a discouraging shift in the polls, Bill Shorten performed capably at today’s Press Club lunch
Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 23 May 2016 Books | He’s level-headed, dogged and hard-working, writes Frank Bongiorno. And maybe that’s enough, whether Labor wins or not Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 10 November 2015 The rise of the New Right helped keep Labor in office for over a decade, writes Frank Bongiorno in this extract from his new book National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 21 September 2015 Malcolm Turnbull’s diverse career brings new qualities to the prime ministership, writes Frank Bongiorno. But he will need to be careful his larger-than-life… Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 19 September 2014 Frank Bongiorno reviews John Rickard’s account of a middle-class family in twentieth-century Australia