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National affairs Norman Abjorensen 9 May 2017 Mark Latham isn’t the first Australian politician to journey across the political spectrum
Correspondents James Panichi 8 May 2017 Letter from Brussels | Is Emmanuel Macron’s victory – just days after Matteo Renzi resumed the leadership of Italy’s Democratic Party – a turning… National affairs Mike Steketee 3 May 2017 And how much did Labor’s “Mediscare” campaign narrow the margin? The Australian Electoral Study has its answers International Philippe Marlière 27 April 2017 With only lukewarm support from progressives, could Emmanuel Macron lose the French presidential election? Essays & reportage Rodney Tiffen 27 April 2017 Populists across the globe are united by their claim to speak on behalf of “the people.” It’s rarely enough for lasting electoral success
National affairs Peter Brent 24 April 2017 A lot happened in the past fortnight. But not much happened in Newspoll
National affairs Paul Rodan 24 April 2017 Victoria could experience two shortlived governments in a row unless Labor can lift its performance in key areas Correspondents David Hayes 19 April 2017 Brexit’s titanic tests have forced the prime minister’s hand National affairs Peter Brent 19 April 2017 How should authorities deal with a fast-growing electoral roll that hasn’t translated into a comparable lift in voting? International Edward Aspinall 18 April 2017 Will sectarian divisions decide Jakarta’s election for governor this week?
National affairs David Clune 11 April 2017 Three bad by-election results have increased the pressure on the first female Liberal premier of New South Wales. But an election is still two years away
National affairs Peter Brent 31 March 2017 Who will lead the government to near-certain defeat at the next federal election? National affairs Norman Abjorensen 31 March 2017 With a Queensland election on the horizon, the party is still coming to terms with the size of the WA loss International Pawan Singh & Jonathan Balls 21 March 2017 The BJP’s landslide victory in this populous Indian state reflects a potentially combustible mix of old and new National affairs Rob Hoffman 21 March 2017 Election results in Western Australia and Austria show how unpopular populist policies can be
National affairs Paul Rodan 13 March 2017 Mark McGowan’s win in Western Australia is good news for Bill Shorten – though not necessarily in the way you’d expect
National affairs Tim Colebatch 13 March 2017 WA Labor should immediately tackle the upper house gerrymander – and the federal Coalition needs to use the budget to get back on track National affairs Graeme Orr 13 March 2017 Urged on by an independent MP, Annastacia Palaszczuk’s government has shown how real-time disclosure can work National affairs Peter Brent 10 March 2017 The resurgent One Nation faces a reckoning this Saturday night in Western Australia National affairs David Clune 6 March 2017 The WA premier has drawn the wrong lesson from Mike Baird’s 2015 election win
National affairs Peter Brent 21 February 2017 Malcolm Turnbull will be the next victim of the growing gap between Liberal Party diehards and the election-deciding majority
International Ross Tapsell 17 February 2017 Two recent elections show how vigorous and often misleading online campaigns can derail the facts National affairs Peter Kennedy 14 February 2017 A blizzard of factors makes the election result next month hard to pick National affairs Rob Hoffman 10 February 2017 The prospects aren’t good for Cory Bernardi and the parties of the disaffected Australian right National affairs Norman Abjorensen 27 January 2017 Political life has always had an ambivalent relationship with verifiable facts
National affairs Peter Brent 27 January 2017 Translating the national vote into a fair election result shouldn’t be too hard. But neither the United States nor Australia has cracked it
International Rodney Tiffen 22 January 2017 He’s president now, with a record-breaking minus-fifteen favourability rating, and the argument about why it happened continues. Rodney Tiffen has been sifting the evidence National affairs Peter Brent 6 January 2017 There are many reasons why Western Australia’s government could change in March. Then there are the wild cards, including One Nation National affairs Norman Abjorensen 9 December 2016 The political year is drawing to a close with government increasingly in the hands of the Liberal Party’s most conservative MPs National affairs Peter Brent 8 December 2016 Does New Zealand have a simple recipe for political success?