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National affairs Graeme Orr 27 February 2011 Primaries might work in the United States, but that doesn’t mean they’ll translate easily to Australia, argues Graeme Orr
International Zuleika Arashiro 4 November 2010 This nation of 192 million people has plenty to celebrate, writes Zuleika Arashiro Lesley Russell 4 November 2010 Identifying any common ground is almost impossible, writes Lesley Russell in Washington Books & arts John Cain 19 October 2010 In some ways, not much has changed over the past sixty years, writes John Cain Lesley Russell 14 October 2010 Americans vote soon in mid-term elections that are partly a referendum on the presidency. Lesley Russell looks at why the Democrats seem to be struggling despite the…
National affairs Brian Costar & Peter Browne 28 September 2010 Despite vast differences in the way elections are run in the US and Australia, we have one thing in common – allegations of voter fraud. But where is the evidence?
National affairs Brian Costar & Peter Browne 24 September 2010 The figures are in: almost 3,252,000 eligible Australians didn’t cast a valid vote in last month’s election, write Brian Costar and Peter Browne Mats Engström 23 September 2010 Sweden’s election last weekend left the centre-right Alliance for Sweden with a slim hold on government after neither of the main alliances won a majority of votes. In… National affairs Rodney Tiffen 22 September 2010 Labor is still deciding who will review its election performance and how far back they will go for clues as to why the party nearly lost. Rodney Tiffen starts the ball… Liam Weeks 21 September 2010 Liam Weeks writes from Ireland, where as many as 40 per cent of governments have relied on the support of independents in parliament
Podcasts Peter Clarke 16 September 2010 Neither the major parties nor the media coped well with the seventeen days of uncertainty after the election. Peter Clarke talks to Sophie Black and Brian …
Lesley Russell 15 September 2010 With the mid-term elections looming, Barack Obama is out of the Oval Office and back on the campaign trail, writes Lesley Russell National affairs Peter Browne 10 September 2010 Every Australian state and territory has experienced a minority government over the past twenty years. And it’s a surprisingly strong field National affairs Kate Crowley 6 September 2010 It’s so far, so good, for Tasmania’s Greens-backed minority government, writes Kate Crowley National affairs Brian Costar & David Hayward 3 September 2010 In Victoria, Steve Bracks’s minority government transformed a knife-edge win into electoral longevity and parliamentary reform, write Brian Costar and David Hayward
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 3 September 2010 Minority government in South Australia produced a novel solution that challenged the way the Westminster system has worked in Australia, writes Norman Abjorensen
Essays & reportage Peter Mares 1 September 2010 The election campaign showed how we don’t seem able to have a rational debate about population, writes Peter Mares National affairs Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin 28 August 2010 A generation of independent MPs has quietly risen in state and federal parliaments. Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin look at their motivations, role and significance National affairs Peter Browne 27 August 2010 The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported National affairs Terry Lane 25 August 2010 In this interview with Terry Lane, first broadcast in 2002, the newly independent MP discusses why he joined the Nationals, and why he left
National affairs Jock Given 23 August 2010 Broadband might have divided the major parties before the election, but there’s not going to be so much difference now, writes Jock Given
National affairs Rodney Tiffen 23 August 2010 Old political records keep being broken by the participants in this extraordinary election, writes Rodney Tiffen National affairs Paul Strangio 19 August 2010 It’s the party that changed, rather than Victoria, writes Paul Strangio National affairs Brian Costar 19 August 2010 Brian Costar does the maths – and it’s not a repeat of 1931 National affairs Norman Abjorensen 18 August 2010 Australian governments tend to take a hit at their first bid for re-election, writes Norman Abjorensen. But it’s not clear why
National affairs Ben Eltham 18 August 2010 Both major parties have announced policies that will be difficult to implement after the election, writes Ben Eltham
National affairs Graeme Orr 13 August 2010 Following last week's High Court win, today's Federal Court decision is another success for GetUp!'s challenge to the voter enrolment rules, writes Graeme Orr National affairs Sally Young 13 August 2010 Amid piles of letters and leaflets from fifteen very marginal seats, Sally Young looks at the role of direct mail campaigning in this election National affairs Mark Davis & Miriam Lyons 13 August 2010 Mark Davis and Miriam Lyons outline the main themes of the new book, More Than Luck: Ideas Australia Needs Now National affairs Jane Goodall 12 August 2010 By playing to different constituencies during the campaign, the Coalition could be creating big problems for itself, writes Jane Goodall