National Affairs
24 May 2021
Last held by Labor in 1910, Upper Hunter stays in the hands of the Nats after Saturday’s vote
National Affairs
14 May 2021
Why Anthony Albanese’s budget reply was fit for purpose
National Affairs
7 May 2021
Is last weekend’s win for Tasmania’s Liberals good news for Scott Morrison?
National Affairs
3 May 2021
The Nine papers’ well-intentioned attempt to improve coverage of political polls could have the opposite effect
National Affairs
23 April 2021
Scott Morrison’s reputation for campaigning prowess could work in Labor’s favour at the next election, but the economy will trump all else
National Affairs
14 April 2021
Is Scott Morrison the prime minister to win the next election?
National Affairs
24 March 2021
Liberal preferences could make or break the Greens’ ambitions in the lower house. Will Jeff Kennett come to the rescue?
National Affairs
12 March 2021
Labor is expected to win by a landslide in WA tomorrow. But be wary of drawing conclusions about the next federal election
National Affairs
5 March 2021
Those eleven years of government certainly had an impact, but not the one the Liberal PM is usually credited with
National Affairs
17 February 2021
Has Labor written the Coalition’s script for the next election campaign?
National Affairs
11 February 2021
Australia’s climate policy failures are set to create a new revenue stream for major trading partners
National Affairs
1 February 2021
Covid-19 has been good to governments, but will the effect last?
National Affairs
16 December 2020
Why we’re still trying to understand the “Morrison miracle” (and other great polling failures)
National Affairs
7 December 2020
Focusing on the outer suburbs could lead Labor into deep trouble
National Affairs
1 December 2020
Like most by-elections, the weekend’s vote in Groom hasn’t changed the wider electoral equation
National Affairs
18 November 2020
Covid-19 has rewarded some and disadvantaged others — but federal Labor faces the same old post-defeat pressures
Summer season
14 November 2020
Behind Joel Fitzgibbon’s coal-fired resignation lies a decades-old battle
National Affairs
6 November 2020
Are the polls really less accurate these days?
National Affairs
31 October 2020
The minor party’s apparent decline can only be good for Labor in today’s state election
National Affairs
28 October 2020
Experience shows that state parties suffer electorally when their own party governs in Canberra
National Affairs
22 October 2020
Regardless of his public impact, Josh Frydenberg is making his case to be party leader
National Affairs
13 October 2020
Australians are more likely to vote than their international counterparts — but does that mean the system should stay as it is?
National Affairs
6 October 2020
We’ve grown used to televised election confrontations. But do they really shift votes?
National Affairs
21 September 2020
Structural shifts mean that Labor’s primary vote is only part of the election-winning equation
National Affairs
18 September 2020
Joe Biden’s climate policy would have big repercussions in Australia
National Affairs
10 September 2020
Normal hostilities have resumed, and the target is the Liberals’ bête noire, Dan Andrews. Next up, Annastacia Palaszczuk…
National Affairs
1 September 2020
Crises aren’t always bad for governments — federal, state or territory — facing elections
National Affairs
24 August 2020
The electoral arithmetic was loaded against Lia Finocchiaro’s Country Liberal Party in Saturday’s Northern Territory election
National Affairs
19 August 2020
Donald Trump’s attack on the mail system highlights how a flawed electoral system is struggling with the pandemic
National Affairs
7 August 2020
The truce among governing parties makes life difficult for Anthony Albanese and his state counterparts
