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Greens
National affairs
There’s a Wills but is there a way?
Peter Brent
24 September 2024
Bob Hawke’s old seat is among the Greens’ best prospects, but the redistribution isn’t quite the gift it looks
National affairs
Watershed election
Anika Gauja & Marian Sawer and Jill Sheppard
11 August 2023
Morrison’s fall, the teals’ rise, Labor’s victory: the editors of a new post-election book survey the 2022 campaign
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?
National affairs
The turn of the electoral cycle could be a long time coming
Tim Colebatch
27 January 2023
Labor is riding high across Australia, and the Greens are doing better than most observers acknowledge. Where does that leave the Coalition?
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
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
National affairs
Crossbench dreaming
Peter Brent
10 September 2021
Crossbenchers could play a bigger role after the election, but only one of them is likely to be a Greens MP
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
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
National affairs
Will the Liberals ever learn?
Tim Colebatch
18 October 2020
Labor and the Greens have swept to victory in Canberra •
New postscript 23 October
Books & arts
Uneasy being Green
Shaun Crowe
1 November 2019
Can the Greens reconcile internal pressures, parliamentary influence and electoral appeal?
National affairs
Do the times suit the Greens?
Shaun Crowe
9 May 2019
Election 2019
| Labor’s momentum has posed a challenge for the other party of the left
Books & arts
Working together, living apart
Kate Crowley
19 December 2018
Books
| Are Labor and the Greens divided by their common ground?
National affairs
The non-greening of Daniel Andrews
Paul Rodan
23 November 2018
The Victorian premier is pinning his hopes on majority government — and the polls are encouraging
National affairs
Can Whitlam’s children bury the hatchet?
Shaun Crowe
23 November 2018
With minority government a possibility in Victoria, the Greens and Labor might need to find a way of working together
National affairs
Change of name, change of party in Melbourne Ports?
Tim Colebatch
22 June 2018
New electoral boundaries create a close contest in a key federal seat
National affairs
Saturday’s two big contests, the morning after
Tim Colebatch
18 March 2018
Voters swung to Labor in Batman and South Australia, but with very different results
National affairs
Will Batman’s voters take no for an answer?
Kerry Ryan
8 March 2018
The Sunshine State continues to make its mark in Melbourne’s closely watched federal by-election
National affairs
Is minority government the path to power for Tasmanian Labor?
Kate Crowley
26 February 2018
The Liberals are ahead in the polls, but the state’s electoral system could create a chance for the opposition
National affairs
Will the Greens rebound in Batman?
Tim Colebatch
15 February 2018
The bookies are backing the Greens at next month’s by-election in inner-Melbourne. But the contest is more complicated than punters might think
National affairs
How Labor could fight back in inner Melbourne
Tim Colebatch
11 December 2017
Dig a little deeper into the result of the Northcote by-election, and there’s hope yet for Labor in what was starting to look like Greens territory
National affairs
Earthquake in Northcote. Where next?
Tim Colebatch
21 November 2017
A shock by-election in Victoria has boosted optimism among Greens. But does electoral geography support their wider hopes?
National affairs
What should the Greens do with Gonski 2.0?
Tom Greenwell
15 May 2017
With Labor implacably opposed, the Greens must play a positive role in the Senate
National affairs
Updating the count – and why the Greens struggled in Batman
Tim Colebatch
6 July 2016
Tim Colebatch
updates our coverage of the Election Commission figures and looks at what the election means for the Greens
National affairs
The Greens’ long game
Rob Hoffman
16 June 2016
Higgins looks out of reach this time, says
Rob Hoffman
, but the party is on the march in inner-urban electorates
National affairs
Trouble on the left of the campaign trail
Paul Rodan
25 May 2016
It’s not surprising that Labor won’t rethink its relations with the Greens in the heat of the battle, writes
Paul Rodan
. But avoiding the longer-term problem…
National affairs
Being Greens
Peter Brent
7 May 2015
Despite the policy differences, the Greens have important things in common with the major parties, writes
Peter Brent
Podcasts
The Baird factor, the Abbott factor, and the challenge for Labor
Peter Clarke
29 March 2015
The Coalition has won a convincing victory in New South Wales.
Stephen Mills
talks to
Peter Clarke
about the result and its implications
Podcasts
Queensland: how it happened and what it means
Peter Clarke
1 February 2015
As the count continues on the day after the election,
Inside Story
’s election analyst
Brian Costar
talks to
Peter Clarke
about a remarkable result and its national repercussions
National affairs
Labor, the Coalition and the problem of political identity
Norman Abjorensen
12 August 2014
Labor and the Coalition are caught between vying for the middle ground and differentiating themselves in the political marketplace. Behind it all, there’s one vital…
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