International
10 April 2018
Newly aligned parties are squaring off as the parliamentary election campaign gets under way
National affairs
28 March 2018
Would a stronger prime minister pull Peter Dutton into line?
National affairs
28 March 2018
By the time a new lord mayor is elected in May, quite a few electors will have voted twice
National affairs
23 March 2018
One week, two political campaign scandals: Cambridge Analytica’s data-harvesting and Labor’s funding scam in Victoria highlight the temptations facing parties desperate to win…
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
Correspondents
19 March 2018
The Republican Party is heading for the midterm elections with no plan B
Podcasts
18 March 2018
Two political insurgencies — in Batman and in South Australia — failed to live up to expectations this weekend. Peter Clarke talks to political scientist Rob …
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
8 March 2018
The Sunshine State continues to make its mark in Melbourne’s closely watched federal by-election
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
22 February 2018
Despite a few hiccups, the Xenophon insurgency continues to grip the state
International
16 February 2018
Can the Democrats break Republican partisanship in the run-up to the November elections?
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
8 February 2018
The battle for the inner-Melbourne seat is no ordinary by-election for Labor
National affairs
2 February 2018
Conventional wisdom advises against holding referendums at election time. Conventional wisdom is wrong
National affairs
26 January 2018
To call Nick Xenophon a populist is to miss the reasons for his remarkable rise
National affairs
19 January 2018
Is a Shorten prime ministership just a matter of time?
National affairs
12 January 2018
With the right team, the next election could bury race-based campaigning once and for all
International
12 January 2018
This year’s election will be a fight not only for government but also over the legacy of the country’s most successful party
International
11 January 2018
The electoral prospects are hard to read as the United States enters midterm-election year
International
22 December 2017
As the shape of the new government becomes clearer, Germany’s longest-running police show illuminates the political challenge ahead
National affairs
18 December 2017
A temporary reprieve for Malcolm Turnbull was also a reminder of Bill Shorten’s limitations
National affairs
14 December 2017
The detailed figures are out at last, and they confirm that One Nation’s preferences barely mattered
National affairs
11 December 2017
Dig a little deeper into the result of the Northcote by-election, and there’s hope yet for Labor in what was starting to look like Greens territory
National affairs
11 December 2017
With four state elections and a national poll on the horizon, it’s worth looking more closely at what happened north of the Tweed
National affairs
4 December 2017
Barnaby Joyce triumphs, but the thirtieth bad Newspoll in a row draws inexorably closer