Inside Story

National affairs Wrong party, wrong election? Peter Brent 24 August 2020 The electoral arithmetic was loaded against Lia Finocchiaro’s Country Liberal Party in Saturday’s Northern Territory election National affairs America goes postal Peter Brent 19 August 2020 Donald Trump’s attack on the mail system highlights how a flawed electoral system is struggling with the pandemic National affairs Hard times on the opposition benches Peter Brent 7 August 2020 The truce among governing parties makes life difficult for Anthony Albanese and his state counterparts International Maybe, probably, definitely? Peter Brent 22 July 2020 What does history tell us about how the numbers will unfold between now and election day?

National affairs The man, the times, the party Peter Brent 27 April 2020 Scott Morrison meets the ghost of Richard Nixon National affairs The Coalition’s debt to history Peter Brent 22 April 2020 Has political orthodoxy been upended? National affairs Over to you, talkback radio and citizen juries? Peter Brent 16 April 2020 Calls for a “national discussion” paper over the reality of an evolving crisis National affairs Rising to the occasion Peter Brent 8 April 2020 What’s an opposition leader to do in a crisis like this?

National affairs Conviction politics Peter Brent 17 January 2020 Will it take international pressure for the Coalition to finally budge on climate change? National affairs Outside the comfort zone Peter Brent 8 January 2020 Twitter’s roiling, and even the real world is wondering how the prime minister burned through his political capital so quickly National affairs The Brexit blame game Peter Brent 3 January 2020 Some supporters of Jeremy Corbyn think Brexit explains Labour’s defeat. But the evidence is scant International Why Labour lost Peter Brent 13 December 2019 How important was Brexit to the British election result?