Essays & Reportage
7 December 2018
History could help the Liberals out of their malaise
Books & Arts
3 December 2018
Books | A new biography paints a nuanced picture of the man widely seen as Australia’s greatest prime minister
National Affairs
22 October 2018
Malcolm Turnbull’s critics were looking through the wrong lens, and Saturday’s defeat was just the first of the aftershocks
National Affairs
31 August 2018
The new immigration minister likes multiculturalism and wants an Australian head of state
Essays & Reportage
26 August 2018
From the archive | Norman Abjorensen profiles Liberal senator Marise Payne – appointed foreign minister this weekend – in this article first published in December 2008
National Affairs
20 August 2018
Malcolm Turnbull’s predicament reflects the crisis of modern conservatism
National Affairs
3 July 2018
Viewed warmly on both sides of politics and in the media, the finance minister is playing a vital role for the government
National Affairs
18 June 2018
The weekend’s call to privatise the ABC wouldn’t have impressed the founder of the party
National Affairs
1 June 2018
Wayne Swan looks back on twenty-five years in politics, and a big mistake
National Affairs
16 May 2018
Australian political dynasties aren’t as rare as you might think
National Affairs
5 April 2018
Party hardheads know that a change of leader would be a disaster. That leaves only one alternative
National Affairs
23 February 2018
Over almost a century, relations between the two major non-Labor parties haven’t always been smooth
National Affairs
11 December 2017
Bad luck has played a part, but that doesn’t explain why the PM has had such a bad year
Correspondents
22 November 2017
A Marcos-era project has caught the imagination of Philippine politicians who favour a return to authoritarian rule — despite its failure to produce a single watt of saleable…
Correspondents
10 November 2017
Letter from Manila | Even the highest reaches of the law might not be immune to Rodrigo Duterte’s assault on accountability
Essays & Reportage
10 October 2017
A gathering flow of news about the revolutionary movement in Russia reached Australian readers during 1917
Books & Arts
29 September 2017
Books | How did eleven men and one woman fill the most difficult role in Australia’s postwar political dramas?
Books & Arts
24 August 2017
Books | An outstanding new biography traces the life of the man who dominated early federal politics
National Affairs
28 July 2017
Conservative Catholics left Labor in the mid 1950s – and we now know they were bound for the Liberal Party
National Affairs
29 June 2017
Is it business as usual within the party, or are the Liberals heading for a showdown?
National Affairs
21 June 2017
It would be a mistake not to take Peter Dutton MP seriously
National Affairs
9 May 2017
Mark Latham isn’t the first Australian politician to journey across the political spectrum
National Affairs
19 April 2017
Leaders turned wreckers have played a notorious role in Australian politics. Tony Abbott seems determined to continue the tradition, regardless of the growing anger among his…
National Affairs
7 April 2017
While the Liberals deal with a series of setbacks, their Coalition partner is facing challenges of its own
National Affairs
31 March 2017
With a Queensland election on the horizon, the party is still coming to terms with the size of the WA loss
National Affairs
7 March 2017
The battle dividing the Liberal Party dates back to Labor’s electoral success during the second world war
National Affairs
22 February 2017
Like his predecessors, Malcolm Turnbull needs to find his inner storyteller
National Affairs
8 February 2017
This week’s events underline the fact that Liberals are still struggling with the question of how they can be more than simply an anti-Labor party
National Affairs
27 January 2017
Political life has always had an ambivalent relationship with verifiable facts
National Affairs
19 January 2017
A remarkable drop in polling figures preceded Mike Baird’s resignation announcement today
