National Affairs
22 May 2019
For Labor leadership aspirants, this might be a good contest to sit out
National Affairs
19 May 2019
Election 2019 | A fearful voter can be an unpredictable thing
National Affairs
18 May 2019
Election 2019 | Will the skittish commentariat be vindicated tonight?
National Affairs
17 May 2019
What was the secret of Bob Hawke’s electoral success?
Campaign notebook
15 May 2019
Election 2019 | Is a change-oriented campaign helping Labor over the line — and would the polls know either way?
National Affairs
7 May 2019
Election 2019 | Voters’ rankings could count in ways that aren’t clear in the polls
National Affairs
3 May 2019
Election 2019 | The Australian Electoral Commission’s success in boosting voter enrolments has created its own problem
National Affairs
29 April 2019
Election 2019 | Whether it’s on 48 or 49 per cent, the Coalition is looking competitive
National Affairs
27 April 2019
Election 2019 | An odd decision by Newspoll has shifted the dynamics of the campaign — but by how much?
National Affairs
18 April 2019
Labor’s attempt to win government faces much greater obstacles this time round
National Affairs
15 April 2019
On the evidence so far, the election will be closer than expected
National Affairs
8 April 2019
Do today’s figures tell us anything at all about how the parties are faring?
National Affairs
28 March 2019
The former immigration minister is finding it hard to be a unifier
National Affairs
21 March 2019
Leaving aside errors and misunderstandings, Australia doesn’t have a big fraudulent-voting problem. But a little reassurance wouldn’t go amiss
National Affairs
13 March 2019
Our psephological correspondent sticks his neck out
National Affairs
5 March 2019
It wasn’t a moderate’s turn to be leader, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work
National Affairs
18 February 2019
Don’t bet on it: experience suggests that asylum seekers won’t be the deciding factor in May
National Affairs
12 February 2019
Buoyed by the 2016 election result, Labor has been thinking big — with all the danger that entails
National Affairs
4 February 2019
History suggests we shouldn’t expect a surge in Liberal-leaning independents
National Affairs
25 January 2019
Gilmore — once a Liberal stronghold — has reverted to the statewide average, leaving Warren Mundine with an uphill battle
National Affairs
18 January 2019
With looming retirements and on-the-nose MPs, there’s a good chance the crossbench will be bigger after this year’s federal election
National Affairs
9 January 2019
The polls show a clear trend in how voters are responding
National Affairs
28 December 2018
If you’re a member of the government, that is — though the odds are still against you
National Affairs
10 December 2018
The former prime minister is unlikely to be opposition leader after the election — and it’s mainly a question of timing
National Affairs
6 December 2018
Poor polling figures bring to the surface old obsessions that don’t necessarily impress voters
National Affairs
28 November 2018
Julia Banks faces a range of challenges if she runs as an independent — and hers won’t be the only Victorian seat to watch
National Affairs
25 November 2018
Federal and state factors interacted yesterday, but not in the way you might think
National Affairs
24 November 2018
Peter Brent’s election-day round-up
National Affairs
14 November 2018
The Voice and the republic might just add up to a winning combination
National Affairs
8 November 2018
Being prime minister is harder than Scott Morrison might have thought
