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National affairs Gap year Peter Browne 28 November 2014 The polls are showing how far the Coalition has drifted from the mainstream, writes Peter Browne. The problems go back to well before the May budget National affairs What the Senate is telling us about big-party politics Peter Brent 21 November 2014 The challenges of dealing with a fragmented Palmer United Party are a reminder that the major parties are struggling with low levels of primary support, writes Peter Brent Correspondents The US midterms: a street-level view Nathaniel Reader 7 November 2014 Nathaniel Reader visited four polling booths in Los Angeles, and found business briskest at a private garage in the city’s northern suburbs National affairs The GST trap Peter Brent 30 October 2014 Opposing changes to the GST is unlikely to benefit Labor’s election prospects

International Far right in Europe’s far north Andrew Vandenberg 16 September 2014 Electoral advances by the Sweden Democrats at last Sunday’s election pose a challenge to cosmopolitan Sweden National affairs Who’s losing their base? Peter Brent 21 August 2014 When “Howard’s battlers” defected from Labor in 1996, political commentators shifted their focus to Sydney’s western suburbs, writes Peter Brent.… International Not over till they’re over: the countdown to the US midterm elections Lesley Russell 11 August 2014 Although some commentators say the results are certain, writes Lesley Russell, the race that will shape Barack Obama’s final two years in the White House is far from over International Fear and favour Ross Tapsell 16 July 2014 The polarisation of Indonesia’s media during the election campaign has renewed the debate over the nexus between proprietors and politics, writes Ross Tapsell

National affairs A fix for what’s not broken: why Australia doesn’t need voter ID Jennifer Rayner 4 March 2014 Are new rules needed to stop multiple voters from undermining Australian elections? Not according to the local and international evidence, writes Jennifer Rayner International New York: where political finance never sleeps Graeme Orr 4 February 2014 The United States isn’t the obvious place to look for ideas about how to clean up political funding. But Graeme Orr found a New York agency that can teach us a lot… National affairs What does the Liberal Party stand for? Peter Browne 24 December 2013 Like his recent predecessors, Tony Abbott came to office without a clear mandate, writes Peter Browne. That’s turned out to be bad politics and bad for the Liberal Party Books & arts A rum rebellion Stephen Mills 28 November 2013 How did an unelected campaign consultant come to exercise such influence over Labor’s 2013 campaign, asks Stephen Mills