National affairs
19 November 2024
Big parties versus the rest? Our assessment of the government’s plans
Books & arts
28 June 2024
Three books, two articles and a report offer a range of explanations
National affairs
16 October 2023
Would voluntary voting on referendum proposals help thaw the Constitution?
Essays & reportage
10 October 2023
Regardless of the outcome of the Voice referendum, Australia’s past will continue to unsettle the present
Essays & reportage
6 October 2023
The Voice debate has opened up the complexity of First Nations political thought
National affairs
19 July 2023
Neither of the Voice to Parliament pamphlets rises to the occasion
Essays & reportage
20 June 2023
Depending on the choices pollsters offer, the undecideds range all the way from none to two-thirds of respondents
National affairs
9 June 2023
Support for the Voice may not have dropped as much as the latest Newspoll suggests
National affairs
19 May 2023
If the parliamentary committee is any guide, representation and risk have become the sharpest dividing lines in the Voice debate
Essays & reportage
15 May 2023
There are signs of a shift in strategy by the Yes forces, but are the polls keeping up?
National affairs
18 April 2023
Neither result in the Voice referendum will benefit the opposition leader
National affairs
27 March 2023
The debate over the revised wording of the Voice amendment misses a key point: this is a referendum like no other
National affairs
15 February 2023
There are good reasons to be sceptical about recent polling on the Voice referendum
Books & arts
14 February 2023
Opponents of a constitutionally enshrined Voice warn of many of the features that most attract its proponents
National affairs
27 September 2022
Are fears of a repeat of the 1999 republic referendum influencing the campaign for an Indigenous Voice?
National affairs
26 April 2019
Election 2019 | Section 44 has already cast its baleful shadow over the federal poll
National affairs
27 September 2018
Could section 58 of the Constitution awaken in an era of minority government?
National affairs
1 August 2018
The Uluru Statement from the Heart is beginning to have an impact in Canberra
National affairs
26 October 2017
What does the High Court’s decision in the Lapoinya Forest case tell us about its evolving attitude to free speech?
Essays & reportage
23 August 2017
Having started life as a tweet, IndigenousX helped reorient the constitutional recognition debate
National affairs
28 June 2017
Efforts to remove “race” from the Constitution have become tangled up with Indigenous recognition. Let’s take them one at a time
National affairs
17 July 2014
There’s a pattern to the success of attempts to change the Australian constitution, writes Peter Brent, with lessons for advocates of Indigenous recognition
Essays & reportage
4 December 2013
Armed with an ambitious political and legal agenda, the new attorney-general faces a testing time, write Shipra Chordia and Andrew Lynch