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National Affairs
Enemies of my enemy
Peter Brent
24 March 2021
Liberal preferences could make or break the Greens’ ambitions in the lower house. Will Jeff Kennett come to the rescue?
National Affairs
Borrowed time
Rodney Tiffen
19 March 2021
Trigger-happy state opposition MPs seem set on repeating the mistakes of the past
National Affairs
Landslide in the west
John Phillimore
15 March 2021
A remarkable win underlines deep problems for Scott Morrison’s colleagues in Western Australia
National Affairs
Still a good time to be in government
Peter Brent
12 March 2021
Labor is expected to win by a landslide in WA tomorrow. But be wary of drawing conclusions about the next federal election
National Affairs
Have the times suited them?
Carol Johnson
2 March 2021
How different a prime minister is Scott Morrison from John Howard, who won office a quarter-century ago?
National Affairs
“An affront to anyone who believes in democracy”
Benjamin Reilly, John Phillimore, Sarah Murray and Martin Drum
23 February 2021
Former Labor leader Jim McGinty isn’t the only one concerned about Western Australia’s electoral system
National Affairs
Big-target strategy
Peter Brent
17 February 2021
Has Labor written the Coalition’s script for the next election campaign?
National Affairs
The weight of history
Paul Rodan
16 February 2021
What do past results tell us about the next federal election?
International
Navalny’s long game
Graeme Gill
2 February 2021
January’s protests might be less damaging to Putin than a slow leaching away of legitimacy
National Affairs
Early-election watching
Peter Brent
1 February 2021
Covid-19 has been good to governments, but will the effect last?
National Affairs
The polls, and nothing but the polls
Peter Brent
16 December 2020
Why we’re still trying to understand the “Morrison miracle” (and other great polling failures)
International
Another populist moment?
Brett Meyer
10 December 2020
What do Covid-19 and the defeat of Donald Trump mean for right-wing authoritarians around the world?
National Affairs
The worst of both worlds?
Peter Brent
7 December 2020
Focusing on the outer suburbs could lead Labor into deep trouble
National Affairs
Democracy’s electoral byways
Peter Brent
1 December 2020
Like most by-elections, the weekend’s vote in Groom hasn’t changed the wider electoral equation
National Affairs
We’re all “real Australians”
John Quiggin
30 November 2020
Labor won’t win elections by targeting some groups at the expense of others
International
Small force, great weight
Benjamin Reilly
27 November 2020
Could preferential voting be an “Archimedean lever of change” for American politics?
Correspondents
Two Americas, one existential crisis
Nicole Hemmer
10 November 2020
Red America and Blue America have become much more than clichés
International
Tracking the transition
Lesley Russell
10 November 2020
What needs to happen during Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s journey from win to White House?
National Affairs
Polling’s perception problem
Peter Brent
6 November 2020
Are the polls
really
less accurate these days?
Correspondents
Restoring American democracy, one step at a time
Nicole Hemmer
5 November 2020
With a narrow Biden win looking increasingly likely, what are the prospects for progress on the issues that matter?
International
America’s long wait
Lesley Russell
4 November 2020
In the absence of a clear result on election night, Donald Trump began pursuing his plan to pre-empt
Books & Arts
The man who would be president
Peter Browne
3 November 2020
Journalist Evan Osnos profiles a politician with a half century’s momentum
International
The race that stops a planet
Rodney Tiffen
3 November 2020
Our guide to the big three election-day questions
National Affairs
Queensland’s One Nation factor
Peter Brent
31 October 2020
The minor party’s apparent decline can only be good for Labor in today’s state election
International
As the world watches, Myanmar votes
Adam Simpson & Nicholas Farrelly
30 October 2020
National renewal is on hold while the government focuses on next weekend’s election
National Affairs
That long federal shadow
Peter Brent
28 October 2020
Experience shows that state parties suffer electorally when their own party governs in Canberra
National Affairs
Triumph of the Greens
Tim Colebatch
24 October 2020
Twelve years into their coalition with Labor in the ACT, the Greens are stronger than ever
International
Same stripes, no new tricks
Lesley Russell
23 October 2020
The final presidential debate is unlikely to have changed any minds — but it did remind attentive viewers that Donald Trump doesn’t have a clue about what would replace…
International
Presidential countdown
Rodney Tiffen
23 October 2020
The state of play, the states to watch, and how the count will unfold
Correspondents
Licensed to govern
Colin James
19 October 2020
Armed with a historic mandate, can Jacinda Ardern bring about the change she promised in 2017?
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