National affairs
19 March 2018
With the debate over renewable energy largely settled, the new South Australian government is looking to smaller companies to help meet its economic goals
National affairs
18 March 2018
Voters swung to Labor in Batman and South Australia, but with very different results
National affairs
16 March 2018
With third parties playing a big role, this weekend’s votes in Melbourne and South Australia are unusually hard to pick
National affairs
15 March 2018
A close result seems increasingly likely this Saturday, and that means preferences will again be vital
National affairs
14 March 2018
With coal on the way out, the state’s prospects are bright, says the businessman who backs Labor’s energy plans
National affairs
13 March 2018
Behind the day-to-day swings in the economic data are worrying longer-term trends
National affairs
8 March 2018
The Sunshine State continues to make its mark in Melbourne’s closely watched federal by-election
National affairs
7 March 2018
The former NSW education minister says Australia has a cultural problem when it comes to schooling
National affairs
5 March 2018
Labor’s shadow education minister faces the problem of working out why school reform has failed, and what a federal education minister could do about it
National affairs
28 February 2018
An unconventional election campaign reached Melbourne this month. What was on offer, and why?
National affairs
26 February 2018
The Liberals are ahead in the polls, but the state’s electoral system could create a chance for the opposition
National affairs
26 February 2018
Can the big political parties regain a sense of legitimacy, or have the conditions that sustained them come to an end?
National affairs
23 February 2018
The International Monetary Fund gets some things right and some things wrong — but you wouldn’t necessarily know which from the coverage it’s had
National affairs
23 February 2018
Over almost a century, relations between the two major non-Labor parties haven’t always been smooth
National affairs
22 February 2018
Flawed research has fuelled a mistaken view of the best way to assist less well-off households
National affairs
22 February 2018
A failed experiment in market-led education needs to be buried once and for all
National affairs
22 February 2018
Despite a few hiccups, the Xenophon insurgency continues to grip the state
National affairs
20 February 2018
How did Australia’s upper house evolve into a part-elected, part-nominated body?
National affairs
20 February 2018
Drastically reducing net migration would be neither easy nor wise, says a former senior official
National affairs
19 February 2018
The mystery is why Emma Alberici’s article was published in the first place
National affairs
19 February 2018
Rising averages mask deepening inequalities in Indigenous education
National affairs
17 February 2018
The week’s events raise the age-old mystery: exactly what is this strange beast?
National affairs
16 February 2018
Barnaby Joyce isn’t the only political figure in a spot of personal bother
National affairs
16 February 2018
A looming court case is further evidence of a deep divide within a once-powerful election-winning machine
National affairs
15 February 2018
The bookies are backing the Greens at next month’s by-election in inner-Melbourne. But the contest is more complicated than punters might think
National affairs
13 February 2018
The impact of America’s badly timed stimulus will ripple across the world
National affairs
12 February 2018
Thanks to section 44 (and resignations), the current Senate might be the least democratic in Australian history. But it can be fixed
National affairs
8 February 2018
The battle for the inner-Melbourne seat is no ordinary by-election for Labor
National affairs
8 February 2018
Over-the-counter sales are now a thing of the past. What needs to be done next?
National affairs
2 February 2018
Conventional wisdom advises against holding referendums at election time. Conventional wisdom is wrong