National affairs
30 April 2020
It’s just one electorate, but it spells danger for Anthony Albanese
Books & arts
6 April 2020
Books | The latest analysis of Labor’s defeat last May relies on all the wrong people
National affairs
23 December 2019
The former premier’s reputation has been unfairly distorted by his opponents
National affairs
20 November 2019
Longer-term voting patterns in the city’s western suburbs highlight the flaws in much post-election analysis
National affairs
13 November 2019
Labor’s campaign review highlights how the party misjudged in the lead-up to the election
National affairs
11 November 2019
Labor’s election review hasn’t quite nailed the party’s key problem
Books & arts
10 November 2019
Books | An outsider’s view of the Labor Party’s problems calls for “a paradoxical politics”
Essays & reportage
1 November 2019
A yearning for simpler policies from simpler times won’t win the next election
From the archive
18 October 2019
The popular Labor senator was fortunate in her biographer
Essays & reportage
26 September 2019
Former Labor national secretary David Combe, who died this week, found himself in the middle of a maelstrom in March 1983, just as his party was taking government
National affairs
4 September 2019
Hawke and Keating showed the way — but not how you (and Paul Keating) might think
National affairs
30 August 2019
A Victorian judge has gone against a quarter-century’s treatment of political parties
Books & arts
19 August 2019
Books | Is there more to the story of the great reforming premier, Don Dunstan?
Essays & reportage
29 July 2019
A former colleague pays tribute to renowned Labor speechwriter Graham Freudenberg
National affairs
9 July 2019
Tim Gartrell faces quite a battle, and not just with the re-elected government
National affairs
30 June 2019
The long leadership race has given Gladys Berejiklian’s government valuable breathing space
Books & arts
25 June 2019
Books | Maurice and Doris Blackburn resisted the pull of the mainstream
National affairs
4 June 2019
Will the wrong person be chasing the wrong issues?
National affairs
22 May 2019
For Labor leadership aspirants, this might be a good contest to sit out
National affairs
22 May 2019
Strategies that pander to the party “base” have been thoroughly discredited
National affairs
20 May 2019
Labor’s next leader faces the job of rebuilding the party in a low-growth world
National affairs
17 May 2019
What was the secret of Bob Hawke’s electoral success?
National affairs
8 May 2019
Election 2019 | With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter
National affairs
25 March 2019
Two different elections took place on Saturday, and the opposition won neither of them
National affairs
24 March 2019
Gladys Berejiklian’s historic win was partly good luck but mainly good management
National affairs
30 January 2019
Labor’s economic policies might seem like a life raft to the Coalition
Books & arts
19 December 2018
Books | Are Labor and the Greens divided by their common ground?
Books & arts
3 December 2018
Books | A new biography paints a nuanced picture of the man widely seen as Australia’s greatest prime minister
National affairs
30 November 2018
The latest figures show how badly Victoria’s Liberals misjudged their pitch to voters
From the archive
28 November 2018
A third win for Labor under Bob Hawke broke the postwar pattern forever