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Podcasts The facts are the story Peter Clarke 20 August 2013 Peter Clarke talks to Fact Check presenter John Barron about the ABC’s newest project Essays & reportage Rudd 1987 or Abbott 1996? Stephen Mills 20 August 2013 Has Labor’s campaign taken a fatal turn? History shows that divided control of campaign messages can be a disaster, writes Stephen Mills National affairs Health: the missing election debate Lesley Russell 20 August 2013 So far, healthcare has gone missing in the election campaign, writes Lesley Russell National affairs Why preselections go wrong Paul Rodan 14 August 2013 Wrong candidates get chosen for reasons that vary between parties big and small, writes Paul Rodan

Essays & reportage It was time: Mick Young’s triumph Stephen Mills 29 November 2012 Not only was the 1972 election a watershed for Labor, it also created the modern political campaign National affairs Tony Abbott and the challenge of a Green-controlled Senate Norman Abjorensen 4 September 2012 It looks likely that the Greens will still hold the balance of power in the Senate after the next election. Norman Abjorensen looks at the numbers and asks: how would… International Ideological uncertainties Dennis Altman 29 August 2012 What would a Romney presidency mean for Australia, asks Dennis Altman National affairs Latham’s list was a hit in the polls Peter Browne 27 August 2012 Mark Latham’s school funding policy was seen as an electoral minus for Labor. The polls disagree

National affairs Wipeout 2012 Brian Costar 27 March 2012 Pundits are predicting a long period of opposition for Queensland Labor, writes Brian Costar, but Campbell Newman faces his own challenges National affairs The double-decker election campaign Jane Goodall 19 March 2012 Up against cumbersome major parties, Bob Katter’s Australian Party has fielded a better-than-expected group of candidates, writes Jane Goodall. But the leader has… National affairs Victoria’s constitutional time bomb Alistair Harkness and Brian Costar 14 March 2012 A major constitutional crisis was narrowly avoided in Victoria, write Alistair Harkness and Brian Costar, but its cause hasn’t gone away International Presidential elections in Timor-Leste: what’s at stake? Michael Leach 4 March 2012 Michael Leach previews this month’s poll