30 November 2011
Norm Kelly in Wellington analyses the National Party’s election win
National affairs
18 November 2011
Party reform won’t solve Labor’s broader problem, writes Paul Rodan
Books & arts
18 November 2011
Labor’s search for meaning needs to go beyond the failures of the post-1996 party, writes Frank Bongiorno
National affairs
9 November 2011
More reforms are needed to ensure the integrity of party fundraising and regulate lobbyists in Victoria, writes Joo-Cheong Tham
National affairs
6 October 2011
Out of the clash of interests in federal parliament in 1911 came an enduring electoral reform, writes Brian Costar. An update is long overdue
Books & arts
2 September 2011
Norman Abjorensen looks into the mind of the Australian voter
National affairs
11 July 2011
A Liberal decision to direct preferences away from the Greens could hit the party hard in the lower house, writes Paul Rodan. But the evidence suggests that not all…
National affairs
31 May 2011
Political advertising isn’t new, but third-party ads are a relatively recent, unregulated and potentially influential feature of political debate in Australia, writes…
National affairs
1 April 2011
In New South Wales, the bishops opposed the Greens and the Coalition sought a record majority. Both aspirations have created problems for the future, writes Tony Smith
National affairs
30 March 2011
A former high-profile lawyer who rose rapidly in politics but was dumped as leader by his own party… Yes, Robert Menzies did bounce back, writes Norman Abjorensen
International
28 March 2011
Thirty-two years after Three Mile Island, an accident in a far-away nuclear facility has once again altered Germany’s political landscape. Klaus Neumann looks at…
National affairs
28 March 2011
The lord mayor of Brisbane might be a politician of his times, but he’s adopted a risky course, writes Graeme Orr
National affairs
27 March 2011
Radio National’s The National Interest, presented by Inside Story contributor Peter Mares, looks at the implications of the 2011 New South Wales election result
National affairs
24 March 2011
Scott Steel on some overlooked polling results
National affairs
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
4 November 2010
This nation of 192 million people has plenty to celebrate, writes Zuleika Arashiro
4 November 2010
Identifying any common ground is almost impossible, writes Lesley Russell in Washington
Books & arts
19 October 2010
In some ways, not much has changed over the past sixty years, writes John Cain
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
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
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
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
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…
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
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 …
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
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
6 September 2010
It’s so far, so good, for Tasmania’s Greens-backed minority government, writes Kate Crowley
National affairs
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
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