National affairs
3 September 2024
The arguments against a rise in JobSeeker have proliferated, but none of them stands up to scrutiny
National affairs
30 August 2024
It’s time for a reborn immigration department outside Canberra’s bulging home affairs portfolio
National affairs
29 August 2024
ASIC has accused Australia’s dominant stock exchange operator of false and misleading conduct. But does the ASX have a deeper problem?
National affairs
28 August 2024
The opposition leader has an electorally ineffective obsession
National affairs
26 August 2024
NAPLAN’s scorecard has been back in the news, but could those test results be hiding a more important failure?
National affairs
26 August 2024
Labor’s Future Made in Australia policy risks entrenching opaque subsidies in a favoured sector
National affairs
23 August 2024
Rather than American or Chinese ascendancy in Asia, we’re likely to be facing a “long in-between.” Where does that leave AUKUS?
National affairs
10 August 2024
How many independents and small party MPs can we expect in the House of Representatives after the next election?
National affairs
2 August 2024
Andrew Giles’s record as immigration minister stands up remarkably well
National affairs
20 July 2024
Amid this week’s welter of allegations is a thorny matter of cartel law
National affairs
17 July 2024
Labor’s foundational support for Israel still colours its attitude towards Palestinian statehood
National affairs
13 July 2024
Glenn Druery’s days are over, but Labor will still be worried about key Western Sydney seats
National affairs
27 June 2024
The ABC chair wants to see the broadcaster standing out in a fragmented media landscape
National affairs
25 June 2024
Could South Australia’s plan for fully publicly funded elections sever a last link between parties and people?
National affairs
24 June 2024
Peter Dutton isn’t the first opposition leader to opt for a big-target strategy. The precedents aren’t encouraging
National affairs
12 June 2024
The broadcasting and publishing giant is gripped by a crisis more than six years in the making
National affairs
6 June 2024
Opponents of renewable energy are combining Nimbyism and ideology to oppose projects that would significantly benefit rural communities
National affairs
31 May 2024
One of Australia’s pollsters got very close to the actual result in 2022. Can they do it again?
National affairs
22 May 2024
Local councils and NIMBYs continue to cop much of the blame for housing shortages. But the full story is a bit more complicated
National affairs
21 May 2024
We all want political advertising to be truthful. The devil is in the detail
National affairs
17 May 2024
All eyes will be on the next round of opinion polls. But it’s the ones that come later that count
National affairs
3 May 2024
Before federal MPs vote on a new national schools agreement they should look at what’s happened to the schools they once attended
National affairs
3 May 2024
The job of Liberal leader once swung from the party’s left to its right. But a lot has changed in recent years
National affairs
22 April 2024
As a China-watching think tank winds up after Morrison-era cuts, a respected analyst reviews government funding for security-related research and education
National affairs
17 April 2024
Past election results offer good news and bad for the federal government
National affairs
12 April 2024
Despite worrying evidence, the direct health effects of car-boosted air pollution barely figured in the debate over Labor’s vehicle efficiency standard
National affairs
21 March 2024
Both countries got what they wanted out of Wang Yi’s visit to Canberra
National affairs
19 March 2024
There is an alternative, but the debate looks like taking some time to shift
National affairs
8 March 2024
Obfuscation and delay are blocking efforts to tackle Indigenous disadvantage
National affairs
1 March 2024
It’s the interpretation rather than the result that will have real-world effects