National affairs
27 November 2017
A shift in voting patterns interacted with compulsory preferences to produce a dramatic election count. Is this what we should expect in future federal elections?
National affairs
15 November 2017
Both votes are a test for the government, but the second has suddenly become less predictable
National affairs
1 November 2017
Labor can implement key Uluru Statement proposals, and it doesn’t need a referendum to do it
National affairs
30 October 2017
How-to-vote cards will play a key role in determining next month’s election result in Queensland
International
19 October 2017
Beware of what excitable headline-writers and the betting markets say about Donald Trump’s chances of serving two terms
National affairs
27 September 2017
Despite differences over how many voters have already returned their surveys, the latest polls tell a near-identical story
National affairs
12 September 2017
The Yes campaign needs to be wary of over-enthusiastic supporters
National affairs
1 September 2017
More young Australians are enrolled to vote than ever before. But will this have the impact Labor and the Greens are hoping for?
National affairs
24 August 2017
Enrolment figures, poll results and pre-survey nerves have encouraged wrong-headed punditry about marriage equality
National affairs
10 August 2017
Could one divisive figure decide the result?
National affairs
7 August 2017
For a leader in trouble, Malcolm Turnbull is polling surprisingly well. Meanwhile, conservative forces are circling
National affairs
21 July 2017
A quiet tête-à-tête won’t resolve the passions at work in the saga of the vanquished leader
National affairs
5 July 2017
The differences between two deposed leaders are more illuminating than their similarities
National affairs
28 June 2017
Efforts to remove “race” from the Constitution have become tangled up with Indigenous recognition. Let’s take them one at a time
National affairs
15 June 2017
Jeremy Corbyn’s critics might brand him a populist, but that doesn’t explain how both major parties attracted surprisingly big shares of the vote in last week’s…
National affairs
7 June 2017
Like their Australian counterparts, British frontrunners often lose support during election campaigns
National affairs
25 May 2017
Although poll predictions are unusually hazardous at the moment, the centre generally holds
National affairs
4 May 2017
It’s day nine of a classic News Corp–Coalition culture-war crusade
National affairs
24 April 2017
A lot happened in the past fortnight. But not much happened in Newspoll
National affairs
19 April 2017
How should authorities deal with a fast-growing electoral roll that hasn’t translated into a comparable lift in voting?
National affairs
31 March 2017
Who will lead the government to near-certain defeat at the next federal election?
National affairs
10 March 2017
The resurgent One Nation faces a reckoning this Saturday night in Western Australia
National affairs
21 February 2017
Malcolm Turnbull will be the next victim of the growing gap between Liberal Party diehards and the election-deciding majority
National affairs
8 February 2017
Cory Bernardi’s defection is unlikely to excite voters or inflict lasting damage on the government
National affairs
27 January 2017
Translating the national vote into a fair election result shouldn’t be too hard. But neither the United States nor Australia has cracked it
National affairs
6 January 2017
There are many reasons why Western Australia’s government could change in March. Then there are the wild cards, including One Nation
National affairs
28 December 2016
Electorally speaking, Cory Bernardi is on the wrong Coalition faultline
National affairs
8 December 2016
Does New Zealand have a simple recipe for political success?
National affairs
18 November 2016
Malcolm Turnbull is just the latest victim of Australia’s political system
International
27 October 2016
Since he won the nomination, Donald Trump has relied on party loyalty rather than working-class defections