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National affairs Peter Brent 29 May 2019 What went wrong for Australia’s best-known pollsters?
International Robin Jeffrey 24 May 2019 History helps explain the Modi government’s historic victory this week. But some parts of the country are still holding out Retrospective Michael Gill 22 May 2019 Strategies that pander to the party “base” have been thoroughly discredited National affairs Frank Bongiorno 20 May 2019 Labor’s next leader faces the job of rebuilding the party in a low-growth world Essays & reportage Sara Dowse 20 May 2019 Saturday night’s result revealed the power of a grassroots movement
National affairs Tim Colebatch 19 May 2019 Election 2019 | What exactly happened around Australia yesterday?
National affairs Peter Brent 19 May 2019 Election 2019 | A fearful voter can be an unpredictable thing National affairs Peter Brent 18 May 2019 Election 2019 | Will the skittish commentariat be vindicated tonight? National affairs Tim Colebatch 17 May 2019 What does the latest evidence say about the likely election outcome? National affairs John Quiggin 17 May 2019 Election 2019 | The two-party-preferred count is a relic of an era in which the major parties were overwhelmingly dominant
National affairs Tim Colebatch 16 May 2019 Election 2019 | Glenn Druery is working his magic again, this time in his boss’s home state
Essays & reportage Murray Goot 15 May 2019 The decision by former Fairfax papers to sack one of their market researchers raised thorny questions about pollsters and their polls International Margaret Simons 15 May 2019 On the ground, the Philippines midterm results look less like an endorsement of Rodrigo Duterte’s policies than an illustration of the power of money. Photos by Dave Tacon National affairs Mike Steketee 15 May 2019 Election 2019 | If the banks can change, imagine the scope for cultural reform in politics National affairs Peter Brent 15 May 2019 Election 2019 | Is a change-oriented campaign helping Labor over the line — and would the polls know either way?
National affairs James Murphy 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | Chill winds have been buffeting the health minister from all sides
National affairs Brendan Coates & Danielle Wood 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | Turn the argument around the other way, and the defenders of the status quo are on even shakier ground National affairs Tim Colebatch 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | Two parties, three promises, three problems National affairs Paul Rodan 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | If the polling consensus is right, each winnable seat will count for Labor National affairs Rodney Tiffen 13 May 2019 Inside Story’s guide to seventy years of parties, polling and politics
National affairs Tim Colebatch 11 May 2019 Election 2019 | There’s not much for the government to attack in Labor’s taxing and spending plans
National affairs Shaun Crowe 9 May 2019 Election 2019 | Labor’s momentum has posed a challenge for the other party of the left National affairs Mike Steketee 8 May 2019 Election 2019 | With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter National affairs Peter Brent 7 May 2019 Election 2019 | Voters’ rankings could count in ways that aren’t clear in the polls Essays & reportage Sara Dowse 7 May 2019 Election 2019 | Our correspondent detects a pattern in the local reaction to Zali Steggall’s campaign
National affairs Jeremy Gans 3 May 2019 Election 2019 | There’s plenty to keep curious voters — and the High Court — busy in the candidates’ disclosures about their ancestry
National affairs Peter Brent 3 May 2019 Election 2019 | The Australian Electoral Commission’s success in boosting voter enrolments has created its own problem National affairs Peter Browne 3 May 2019 How the Liberal right found its enemy, why the High Court could be busy this year, and why you might worry about early voting National affairs Mike Steketee 1 May 2019 Election 2019 | Faced with the temptations of negative campaigning, can the parties respond to a steep fall in voter trust? International Lesley Russell 1 May 2019 Despite the damning Mueller report, would the Democratic Party do best to focus on next year’s election?