National affairs
10 August 2010
Australia votes in a fortnight but we won’t find out who made large election donations to the parties until early 2012. In this respect, we can learn something from the…
National affairs
10 August 2010
Tony Abbott’s family is playing an unprecedented role in this election, but will it shift votes, asks Stephanie Younane Brookes
National affairs
6 August 2010
GetUp! has scored an unexpected victory in the High Court, giving an extra 100,000 people a chance to vote on 21 August and opening up the debate about the right to vote, writes…
National affairs
6 August 2010
As Australian political records tumble, Rodney Tiffen looks at the pitfalls of poll-watching and the lessons of post-war Australian elections
Essays & reportage
5 August 2010
This Tasmanian seat might hold a surprise for Labor and the Coalition, wrote Natasha Cica during the campaign
National affairs
29 July 2010
It’s a federal election, but most of the issues in South East Queensland are local, writes Jane Goodall in Toowomba
National affairs
28 July 2010
It’s the focus on marginal seats that is excluding most of us from the election conversation, writes Norman Abjorensen, but that doesn’t mean the issues are…
National affairs
23 July 2010
The reasons for the Howard government’s electoral success are widely misunderstood
National affairs
23 July 2010
Schools policy is back on the election agenda, writes Ben Eltham. But will it lead to substantial reform?
National affairs
27 May 2010
The heart sees a government in big trouble; the head knows that first-term governments usually survive. Either way, it’s time for the government to throw away its rulebook,…
27 May 2010
Britain’s voters have forced a two-party system to begin to operate by a three-party logic. And it’s about to get even more interesting, writes David Hayes
10 May 2010
Britain will almost certainly face another election sooner rather than later, writes Frank Bongiorno in London
National affairs
7 May 2010
The prime minister needs to stop conflating policy and politics, writes Peter Brent
4 May 2010
Although it’s been dominated by three middle-aged white men in suits, the election has been thrilling in many ways, writes David Hayes
International
3 May 2010
Seasoned British election watcher James Jupp looks at the role of these emotionally charged issues in the current campaign
National affairs
15 April 2010
Have party strategists got it right about the electoral appeal of targeting asylum seekers?
14 April 2010
Both the main parties are in trouble as the British election campaign gathers pace, writes Frank Bongiorno in London
National affairs
6 April 2010
Acting lessons? Tony Abbott was right to say no, says Peter Brent
National affairs
1 April 2010
Simon Birmingham has breakfast at Tiffany’s, and it’s another day in parliament’s social media landscape, writes Peter Brent
National affairs
10 March 2010
The Coalition’s focus on debt could easily backfire, argues Peter Brent
National affairs
22 January 2010
With four elections in twelve months it’s likely that allegations about electoral fraud will surge in 2010. Brian Costar looks at two court cases that exposed a…
National affairs
21 January 2010
Four elections, two changes of government. Peter Brent sticks his neck out in this guide to the 2010 electoral landscape
National affairs
25 August 2009
On the back of an envelope, the figures look very interesting. But what’s in it for Labor, asks Brian Costar
National affairs
8 July 2009
New recommendations for electoral reform are a step in the right direction, but the pace continues to be perplexingly slow, writes Peter Brent
National affairs
14 May 2009
The Brimbank Council scandal illustrates all that’s wrong with party factions, writes Brian Costar
International
12 May 2009
As the government’s honeymoon continues, Labour must contest the seat vacated by Helen Clark, reports Norm Kelly
International
2 May 2009
Will the beneficiaries of Afghanistan’s hastily designed electoral system give ground in the interests of long-term stability, asks Norm Kelly
National affairs
29 April 2009
Michael Ronaldson’s criticism of the electoral system is undermined by some very strange reasoning, writes Peter Brent
National affairs
3 April 2009
Australia’s new electoral commissioner has puts the facts back into the electoral reform debate, writes Brian Costar
National affairs
18 March 2009
Lawrence Springborg has a glimpse of the summit, but the polls suggest he won’t get there this time, writes Brian Costar