National affairs
21 March 2019
Leaving aside errors and misunderstandings, Australia doesn’t have a big fraudulent-voting problem. But a little reassurance wouldn’t go amiss
National affairs
20 March 2019
We’re doing better than many comparable countries, but that’s not enough
National affairs
19 March 2019
The Pell sentencing raises challenging questions about cases involving authority figures
National affairs
18 March 2019
Scott Morrison is heading into the election with a climate policy made up of half-truths and evasions
National affairs
15 March 2019
Only the Age and its siblings recognised the big story of the day
National affairs
15 March 2019
Listing on the PBS can mean big money for pharmaceutical companies. Should consumer groups be accepting their funds and giving them a hand? | A joint investigation with Croakey
National affairs
13 March 2019
Our psephological correspondent sticks his neck out
National affairs
11 March 2019
Our “state of exception” combines disturbing practices, cost blowouts and chaotic administration
National affairs
9 March 2019
Far from being a disaster in New South Wales, minority government could bring lasting reforms
National affairs
7 March 2019
This week’s GDP data adds to the uncertainty facing the government and the Reserve Bank
National affairs
5 March 2019
It wasn’t a moderate’s turn to be leader, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work
National affairs
4 March 2019
Map the Victorian election results onto federal seats, add a dash of history, and the prognosis is grim
National affairs
27 February 2019
In this case, above all, justice needed to be seen to be done
National affairs
26 February 2019
The Morrison government ignores the case for expanding access to preschool education at its peril
National affairs
26 February 2019
With the child sexual abuse royal commission handing down its report, what have we learned so far about the dynamics of abusive institutions?
National affairs
25 February 2019
The NSW government’s privatisation and investment strategy has fallen out of sync with the electoral cycle
National affairs
22 February 2019
Conflict of interest allegations have turned an unsought spotlight on the Big Four consulting firms
National affairs
22 February 2019
Good science is vital to rescuing the Basin, but the SA royal commission pushes the argument too far
National affairs
21 February 2019
Can the ABC fill some of the blind spots in its China-related reporting?
National affairs
21 February 2019
The convention that neither side of politics comments on the operation of intelligence agencies really only benefits agencies, the government and (sometimes) the opposition
National affairs
20 February 2019
The creation of the Department of Home Affairs broke the rules of good government. Labor should commit to dismantling it
National affairs
19 February 2019
The PM says Hakeem al-Araibi will be a citizen very soon, but a new audit office report reveals why most refugees are waiting so long for citizenship
National affairs
18 February 2019
Is Labor’s election mobilisation hitting its limits?
National affairs
18 February 2019
Don’t bet on it: experience suggests that asylum seekers won’t be the deciding factor in May
National affairs
15 February 2019
Would a Health Reform Commission give a Labor government the cover it needs to deal with powerful interest groups?
National affairs
14 February 2019
The major parties’ contrasting campaign styles have been on display this week
National affairs
13 February 2019
Regardless of what happens next, the economic logic of the Rocky Hill decision will eventually prevail
National affairs
13 February 2019
Is life too easy for MPs representing this well-heeled Melbourne electorate?
National affairs
12 February 2019
Buoyed by the 2016 election result, Labor has been thinking big — with all the danger that entails
National affairs
6 February 2019
Kenneth Hayne has shown the way ahead for government, regulators and the banks themselves