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elections
National affairs
Why is Labor contesting Fadden?
Peter Brent
13 July 2023
History isn’t encouraging, but perhaps the government is playing a long game
International
The Netflix series changing Taiwanese politics
Antonia Finnane
10 July 2023
Life follows art in the streaming service’s new political series
International
Will Prabowo’s patience pay off?
Liam Gammon
4 July 2023
As pre-election jockeying intensifies in Indonesia, it’s looking like “Jokowi volume two” versus the violent-tempered former general
National affairs
Follow the money
Graeme Orr
15 June 2023
With the last great update of Australia’s electoral laws celebrating its fortieth birthday this year, it’s clearly time for change. But when and how?
National affairs
Dazzled on the Danube
Peter Browne
7 June 2023
What was Greg Sheridan doing in Budapest?
International
Thailand’s watershed election
Susannah Patton
23 May 2023
Will the political establishment finally recognise that voter sentiment has shifted decisively?
International
Saffron bus blows tyre
Robin Jeffrey
15 May 2023
Narendra Modi’s well-oiled machine ran into trouble in the southern state of Karnataka
National affairs
Reading elections backwards
Peter Brent
9 May 2023
The Australian Election Study is hamstrung by some worrying choices
Correspondents
King, country and the Conservatives
Peter Kellner
6 May 2023
Local election defeats across England make it a better day to be a monarch than a prime minister
National affairs
What the leader wants
James Walter
2 May 2023
ScoMo, Teflon Dan and the democratic deficit
International
Timor-Leste’s once-in-a-generation election
Michael Leach
20 April 2023
The 21 May election campaign kicks off with demographic change as its wildcard
National affairs
Queensland and Victoria: which is really the odd state out?
Tim Colebatch
6 April 2023
Recent election results tell a story Peter Dutton doesn’t want to hear
National affairs
Aston: the implications
Tim Colebatch
3 April 2023
As its first leader warned, the Liberal Party can’t win office as the “party of reaction”
Correspondents
Riding high in April, shot down in May?
Peter Kellner
3 April 2023
May’s local elections across England will be closely watched by parties and pollsters alike
National affairs
We’re about to hear Aston’s answer, but what is the question?
Peter Brent
31 March 2023
By-election results are often opaque, but their results can have quite an impact
National affairs
By-election blues
Tim Colebatch
31 March 2023
Does history provide any grounds for a Labor win in Aston?
National affairs
The Liberals’ best government loses office
Tim Colebatch
27 March 2023
And that shows the scale of the challenge facing the Liberals
International
Before the deluge
Lesley Russell
13 March 2023
A series of long-awaited legal proceedings against Donald Trump could start as early as this week
Essays & reportage
Damaging the brand
Rodney Tiffen
7 March 2023
The Dominion Voting Systems legal suit against Fox News has already unearthed damning evidence from within the Murdoch-owned network
National affairs
Not-so-super strategy
Peter Brent
3 March 2023
Does the timing of the government’s superannuation tax reforms make any electoral sense?
Correspondents
Trudeau’s challenge
Jonathan Malloy
24 February 2023
Can a tired government be revived by the old family magic?
Essays & reportage
Walking a fine line
Mike Steketee
6 February 2023
The Greens have slowly and steadily increased their parliamentary numbers. But have they reached their limit?
Books & arts
“No one dared tell him to stop”
Matthew Ricketson
14 December 2022
In her latest post-election book Niki Savva puts Scott Morrison through the wringer. But has she avoided all the pitfalls of the genre?
Essays & reportage
Before it was time
Paul Rodan
2 December 2022
A young Western Australian catches a glimpse of Gough in 1969
Essays & reportage
A party for the people
David Solomon & Laurie Oakes
2 December 2022
Beer and scuffles open
The Making of an Australian Prime Minister
, the classic account of the 1972 election
Essays & reportage
“God save us all!”
Patrick Mullins
2 December 2022
Doomed to defeat in 1972, did prime minister William McMahon show more initiative than he’s given credit for?
National affairs
For today, a triumph for Victorian Labor
Tim Colebatch
27 November 2022
Dan Andrews’s government has cause for celebration — and plenty on its plate
International
Anwar closes the circle
Mark Baker
25 November 2022
Heir apparent in the 1990s, Anwar Ibrahim has finally taken Malaysia’s top job
National affairs
Will Labor need to share power in Victoria?
Tim Colebatch
24 November 2022
Polls have inevitably tightened in Victoria, and the shape of the upper house continues to be anyone’s bet
Books & arts
The teal thing
Brett Evans
24 November 2022
Could the success of smart, well-connected candidates realign conservative politics?
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