From the archive
14 November 2023
How David Cameron — who returned to the British cabinet this week — fed the beast that eventually destroyed his prime ministership
National Affairs
14 August 2023
Qantas’s relations with government underscore the inadequacies of Australia’s lobbying laws
Books & Arts
2 May 2023
What’s missing from Marco Bellocchio’s Exterior Night is as compelling as what’s on the screen
International
2 November 2022
Labelling Italy’s new prime minister a fascist misses the longer-term significance of her rise to power — and some shrewd decisions since she got the job
Books & Arts
19 November 2021
Explaining Italy to the rest of us is Tim Parks’s specialty. Now he retraces a daring campaign conceived by the country’s best-known founder
National Affairs
30 July 2021
A case that began in the Irish courts is shaping Australia’s efforts to update its 1980s privacy laws
National Affairs
10 June 2021
Australia’s criminal cartel law has hit its first speed hump
National Affairs
7 May 2021
Foreign influence laws are highlighting the shortcomings of Australia’s rules for lobbyists
National Affairs
9 April 2021
Why is competition commissioner Rod Sims more exercised than his international counterparts by Google’s takeover of Fitbit?
National Affairs
24 February 2021
Facebook’s problems with Australian regulators are far from over
International
23 September 2020
Monday’s referendum and election results highlight the vulnerability of the Five Star Movement
International
30 June 2020
Clashes over a statue in Milan reveal complicated truths about the country’s postwar history
National Affairs
9 December 2019
Australian policymakers don’t share technology companies’ belief in a borderless world
National Affairs
21 November 2019
The world is watching a David and Goliath battle in the Federal Court
International
30 August 2019
Will the new Italian government be more durable than its short-lived predecessor?
International
2 May 2019
The Radical Party’s broadcasting arm has been taking transparency seriously for more than four decades
National Affairs
23 April 2019
A century after the one-time attorney-general’s legislation was shot down by the Privy Council, Australia’s new criminal cartel law is up and running
National Affairs
14 August 2018
More than twenty years before Emma Husar’s alleged misbehaviour, our correspondent had his own experience of the precarious life of a political staffer
Essays & Reportage
26 March 2018
Politico’s takeover of a sleepy weekly at Europe’s political epicentre promised great things. But something went wrong when the big stories began to break
National Affairs
28 February 2018
An unconventional election campaign reached Melbourne this month. What was on offer, and why?
Correspondents
19 September 2017
Europe is shipshape and ready for action, according to the European Union’s top official
Correspondents
8 May 2017
Letter from Brussels | Is Emmanuel Macron’s victory – just days after Matteo Renzi resumed the leadership of Italy’s Democratic Party – a turning…
International
6 December 2016
Prime minister Matteo Renzi risked everything in his attempt to reduce the power of the Senate and cut back on layers of government
Correspondents
7 November 2014
The European Parliament has become an important route into national politics for young, ambitious operators, reports James Panichi in Brussels
Correspondents
29 September 2014
The threat from Russia coincides with another stage in the European Union’s evolution, reports James Panichi
Correspondents
16 July 2014
The European Commission might have ended up with an insider as president, reports James Panichi in Brussels, but the process for filling the job has changed forever
Correspondents
18 February 2014
Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement made stunning gains at Italy’s last election, writes James Panichi. But as the controversy over its guiding…
Correspondents
8 January 2014
Australia’s clash with Philip Morris over plain packaging has disrupted trade talks between the United States and Europe, reports James Panichi in Brussels
Correspondents
12 December 2013
Unlike its political counterpart, the seventeen-member eurozone has no government and no centre of political power, writes James Panichi. Debate is intensifying about…
Essays & Reportage
14 October 2013
Unlike Australia, the European Union buckled on plain packaging in the face of fierce lobbying, writes James Panichi. Still not satisfied, the tobacco industry sought to…