National affairs
14 March 2025
Peter Dutton should take the time to read his predecessor’s least-remembered thoughts about immigration policy
National affairs
17 January 2025
Mediscare Mark II could grab the election headlines, but the real reform action is elsewhere
National affairs
16 September 2024
The Keating government’s changes to employment services – intensified by its Coalition successors — have bred inefficiency and fragmentation
National affairs
6 June 2024
Opponents of renewable energy are combining Nimbyism and ideology to oppose projects that would significantly benefit rural communities
From the archive
8 March 2024
On the Middle East, renewable energy, American power and much else, Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time
Essays & reportage
1 November 2023
The federal government’s plans are receiving cautious support in unexpected quarters
Books & arts
3 October 2023
The NDIS has been life-changing but also disempowering, according to Micheline Lee
Essays & reportage
16 August 2023
A string of scandals and cost-blowouts in social services look a lot like symptoms of a deeper problem
National affairs
10 May 2023
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee might not have got what it asked for, but it has kickstarted an overdue debate
Essays & reportage
6 February 2023
The Greens have slowly and steadily increased their parliamentary numbers. But have they reached their limit?
Essays & reportage
20 September 2022
Forty years ago, another Labor government embarked on its first term in office
Essays & reportage
5 September 2022
Long forecast, the party’s grim prospects reflect an unpopular ideological narrowing
National affairs
20 October 2021
The Nationals say they’re worried about jobs — but we know from experience how to handle the move away from fossil fuel–based employment
National affairs
9 September 2021
Australia’s recycling ambitions aren’t being matched by action
National affairs
23 August 2021
The prime minister is gripped by myths about asylum seekers that have hardened into articles of faith on both sides of parliament
National affairs
30 July 2021
Are exaggerated fears about the cost of the disability scheme pushing it further from its founding principles?
Essays & reportage
9 April 2021
With a new book reopening the debate about the one-time NSW premier’s behaviour in office, our correspondent assesses the evidence
National affairs
12 March 2021
Faced with the outsized power of a minority within the parliamentary party, small “l” Liberals are finally getting organised
National affairs
5 February 2021
The superannuation guarantee shouldn’t rise until the system is made fairer
Books & arts
2 November 2020
Books | What the Palace didn’t do during the 1975 constitutional crisis was as important as what it did
International
11 September 2020
Infections are low, but the factors that will help the virus to spread are already clear
National affairs
15 July 2020
The Queen’s private secretary walked a very fine line during the months leading up to the dismissal
National affairs
19 June 2020
Does the federal government’s heavily qualified apology for the robodebt fiasco suggest that more trouble is on the way?
Essays & reportage
22 October 2019
Can a successful social investment model be used in aged care and elsewhere?
National affairs
12 July 2019
It’s time to act before deceptive campaigning gets completely out of control
National affairs
15 May 2019
Election 2019 | If the banks can change, imagine the scope for cultural reform in politics
National affairs
8 May 2019
Election 2019 | With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter
National affairs
1 May 2019
Election 2019 | Faced with the temptations of negative campaigning, can the parties respond to a steep fall in voter trust?
National affairs
24 April 2019
Election 2019 | Labor’s plans are conservative in the full sense — just look where some of its key ideas came from
National affairs
17 April 2019
The Coalition’s return to the debt-and-deficits theme invites scepticism