Inside Story

National affairs Eating an elephant Dean Ashenden 9 May 2025 What could an incoming education minister do about schools? National affairs Right winner, wrong margin Murray Goot 5 May 2025 The pollsters tipped the win but not its size. So why did they toe the same line? National affairs Notes on a landslide Peter Brent 5 May 2025 The signs were there but the size of the swings still came as a shock National affairs Are the Liberals in danger of becoming the Kodak of Australian politics? Frank Bongiorno 4 May 2025 The party is taking a long time to understand its plight

National affairs Could Labor win big? Murray Goot 22 April 2025 Some polls are suggesting it will — but what distinguishes those polls from the ones that aren’t? National affairs Sowing doubt in Dutton’s Dickson Karen Middleton 18 April 2025 Targeting the opposition leader’s seat serves more than one purpose for Labor National affairs The Coalition makes the case for negative gearing reform Peter Mares 15 April 2025 Peter Dutton’s housing announcement exposes the inconsistency in the opposition’s thinking National affairs A small target has suddenly got bigger Karen Middleton 11 April 2025 Attacking the government might have given the Coalition some easy wins over the past three years, but does it add up to an election strategy?

National affairs Pre-election giveaways Karen Middleton 28 March 2025 The last week of parliament exposed where the tensions lie on both sides of politics National affairs Are we there yet? Dean Ashenden 28 March 2025 At last, the Gonski money — which raises a new set of questions National affairs Tomorrow’s problem Saul Eslake 26 March 2025 The 2025–26 budget had one modest surprise, but leaves a lot to the next parliament (and probably parliaments after that) National affairs State of exception Peter Brent 25 March 2025 Taswegians tend to go their own way at national elections, and that can matter when the results are close