National affairs
28 September 2010
Despite vast differences in the way elections are run in the US and Australia, we have one thing in common – allegations of voter fraud. But where is the evidence?
National affairs
24 September 2010
The figures are in: almost 3,252,000 eligible Australians didn’t cast a valid vote in last month’s election, write Brian Costar and Peter Browne
National affairs
23 September 2010
At the Imperial Palace, Human Nature is gearing up for two more years of “Celebration of Motown.” But further along The Strip it’s fibre-to-the-home that’s…
National affairs
23 September 2010
Although a price on carbon will mean real changes to parts of the Australian economy, write John Daley and Tristan Edis, its impact on most industries will be small
National affairs
22 September 2010
Labor is still deciding who will review its election performance and how far back they will go for clues as to why the party nearly lost. Rodney Tiffen starts the ball…
National affairs
16 September 2010
Sometimes it’s a hard party to believe in. But Labor’s ledger has more black ink than red, writes Geoffrey Barker
National affairs
10 September 2010
Every Australian state and territory has experienced a minority government over the past twenty years. And it’s a surprisingly strong field
National affairs
9 September 2010
How will the world economy look in 2025? Mark Thirlwell looks at the consensus view – and the possibility of a few surprises
National affairs
8 September 2010
How should Australia respond to the changing power balance in the region, asks Brian Toohey
National affairs
6 September 2010
It’s so far, so good, for Tasmania’s Greens-backed minority government, writes Kate Crowley
National affairs
3 September 2010
In Victoria, Steve Bracks’s minority government transformed a knife-edge win into electoral longevity and parliamentary reform, write Brian Costar and David Hayward
National affairs
3 September 2010
Minority government in South Australia produced a novel solution that challenged the way the Westminster system has worked in Australia, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs
28 August 2010
A generation of independent MPs has quietly risen in state and federal parliaments. Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin look at their motivations, role and significance
National affairs
27 August 2010
The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported
National affairs
25 August 2010
In this interview with Terry Lane, first broadcast in 2002, the newly independent MP discusses why he joined the Nationals, and why he left
National affairs
23 August 2010
Broadband might have divided the major parties before the election, but there’s not going to be so much difference now, writes Jock Given
National affairs
23 August 2010
Old political records keep being broken by the participants in this extraordinary election, writes Rodney Tiffen
National affairs
19 August 2010
It’s the party that changed, rather than Victoria, writes Paul Strangio
National affairs
19 August 2010
Brian Costar does the maths – and it’s not a repeat of 1931
National affairs
18 August 2010
Australian governments tend to take a hit at their first bid for re-election, writes Norman Abjorensen. But it’s not clear why
National affairs
18 August 2010
Both major parties have announced policies that will be difficult to implement after the election, writes Ben Eltham
National affairs
13 August 2010
Following last week's High Court win, today's Federal Court decision is another success for GetUp!'s challenge to the voter enrolment rules, writes Graeme Orr
National affairs
13 August 2010
Amid piles of letters and leaflets from fifteen very marginal seats, Sally Young looks at the role of direct mail campaigning in this election
National affairs
13 August 2010
Mark Davis and Miriam Lyons outline the main themes of the new book, More Than Luck: Ideas Australia Needs Now
National affairs
12 August 2010
By playing to different constituencies during the campaign, the Coalition could be creating big problems for itself, writes Jane Goodall
National affairs
10 August 2010
Australia votes in a fortnight but we won’t find out who made large election donations to the parties until early 2012. In this respect, we can learn something from the…
National affairs
10 August 2010
Tony Abbott’s family is playing an unprecedented role in this election, but will it shift votes, asks Stephanie Younane Brookes
National affairs
6 August 2010
GetUp! has scored an unexpected victory in the High Court, giving an extra 100,000 people a chance to vote on 21 August and opening up the debate about the right to vote, writes…
National affairs
6 August 2010
As Australian political records tumble, Rodney Tiffen looks at the pitfalls of poll-watching and the lessons of post-war Australian elections
National affairs
4 August 2010
Despite the bipartisan consensus, Australia’s role in Afghanistan is demonstrably counterproductive, writes Brian Toohey