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National affairs Peter Brent 18 February 2025 Newspoll is changing the way it estimates how voters will direct their preferences
National affairs John Phillimore 17 February 2025 Labor seems set for another record-breaking win at next month’s Western Australian election National affairs Peter Brent 7 February 2025 History suggests Labor’s state election loss in the Sunshine State last October might — just might — work in Anthony Albanese’s favour National affairs Hamish McDonald 7 February 2025 A Darwin school’s decision to drop Indonesian points to a broader failure National affairs Paddy Gourley 5 February 2025 A new report on Services Australia highlights the failings of public service capability reviews
National affairs Dean Ashenden 28 January 2025 Can South Australia’s flicker of educational inspiration be turned into a beacon?
National affairs Mike Steketee 17 January 2025 Mediscare Mark II could grab the election headlines, but the real reform action is elsewhere National affairs Peter Brent 16 January 2025 But not necessarily in the way pundits think they do National affairs Jock Given 19 December 2024 The arc of the moral universe might bend towards justice but sometimes it twists along the way National affairs Peter Browne 16 December 2024 2024’s casualties among governments across the globe throw fresh light on the US result
National affairs Peter Brent 12 December 2024 The signs aren’t great for Labor, but the Coalition has its vulnerabilities too — and the election is still months away
National affairs William Maley 6 December 2024 Pauline Hanson is wrong and Fatima Payman right about the question of eligibility National affairs Peter Browne 29 November 2024 Do partisan voters really inhabit separate realities? National affairs Graeme Orr 19 November 2024 Big parties versus the rest? Our assessment of the government’s plans National affairs Mark Baker 12 November 2024 Fifty-six years later, a soldier finally receives his Victoria Cross. Was it all a matter of timing?
National affairs Paul Strangio 8 November 2024 What lessons should Labor take away from the Democratic Party’s defeat?
National affairs Mark Baker 4 November 2024 Ahead of this week’s presidential election, billionaire newspaper owners have created a furore by blocking their editors’ endorsements National affairs Dean Ashenden 24 October 2024 Labor’s “national approach” to schooling has failed. It’s time for a rethink National affairs Dean Ashenden 27 September 2024 The Monthly and the Saturday Paper are campaigning for fairer school funding. But are they missing the deeper story? National affairs James Panichi & Ryan Cropp 25 September 2024 Has Big Tech’s big-spending campaign against competition law come to a university near you?
National affairs Peter Brent 24 September 2024 Bob Hawke’s old seat is among the Greens’ best prospects, but the redistribution isn’t quite the gift it looks
National affairs Mark Baker 17 September 2024 The government wants to rule a line under criminal behaviour in the military, but internal resistance remains strong National affairs Mike Steketee 16 September 2024 The Keating government’s changes to employment services – intensified by its Coalition successors — have bred inefficiency and fragmentation National affairs Adam Triggs 3 September 2024 The arguments against a rise in JobSeeker have proliferated, but none of them stands up to scrutiny National affairs Paddy Gourley 30 August 2024 It’s time for a reborn immigration department outside Canberra’s bulging home affairs portfolio
National affairs Helen Bird 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 Peter Brent 28 August 2024 The opposition leader has an electorally ineffective obsession National affairs Chris Bonnor 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 Saul Eslake 26 August 2024 Labor’s Future Made in Australia policy risks entrenching opaque subsidies in a favoured sector National affairs Sam Roggeveen 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?