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Essays & reportage Winning the battle of ideas Dennis Altman 26 August 2013 In many ways the opposition has already won this election by shifting the political middle ground, writes Dennis Altman Essays & reportage The war the bloggers won Greg Jericho 23 August 2013 Political bloggers brought a new rigour to interpreting the polls 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

International In the city of the singing trams R.J.B. Bosworth 12 February 2013 A winter-time research trip to Rome gives R.J.B. Bosworth the chance to gauge the shifting pattern of party support as Italy’s national election campaign enters its… National affairs The electoral calculus of campaign oxygen Norman Abjorensen 31 January 2013 For more than a quarter of a century, short election campaigns have been the norm, writes Norman Abjorensen. Julia Gillard’s announcement recalls longer, and… 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…

Tea-leaf time Lesley Russell 26 April 2012 Does the tidal wave of polls help predict how Romney and Obama will fare in November, asks Lesley Russell National affairs Malcolm on the outer Norman Abjorensen 5 April 2012 The Liberals have displaced Labor as Australia’s tribal political force, writes Norman Abjorensen, and that makes Malcolm Turnbull an odd person out 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…