Frank Bongiorno is inaugural director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Centre of Public Ideas and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas at the University of Canberra. His latest book is Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia (La Trobe University Press/Black Inc., 2022).
A tale of woe
Frank Bongiorno
14 April 2010
Both the main parties are in trouble as the British election campaign gathers pace, writes Frank Bongiorno in London
Unhealthy differences
Frank Bongiorno
4 September 2009
The United States’ acrimonious healthcare debate is having almost as much impact across the Atlantic, where the National Health Service has become a rallying point for both…
In defence of rorting
Frank Bongiorno
4 June 2009
The target of the public’s vengeance for the downturn has shifted from bankers to MPs
Labour’s moral credit crisis
Frank Bongiorno
4 March 2009
Incumbency provides great electoral and political advantages to governments, but it can also be a fatal burden, writes Frank Bongiorno in London
The times will suit him
Frank Bongiorno
22 October 2008
Although Gordon Brown presided over a vast expansion in financial risk, he could emerge stronger from the crisis, writes Frank Bongiorno in London
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