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Labor Party
Essays & Reportage
An indiscreet dinner with a Soviet spy
Frank Bongiorno
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
Ghosts of governments past
Peter Brent
4 September 2019
Hawke and Keating showed the way — but not how you (and Paul Keating) might think
National Affairs
If Setka is shaming Labor, is Labor shaming the law?
Graeme Orr
30 August 2019
A Victorian judge has gone against a quarter-century’s treatment of political parties
Books & Arts
Chardonnay socialist
Ryan Cropp
19 August 2019
Books
| Is there more to the story of the great reforming premier, Don Dunstan?
Essays & Reportage
A certain grandeur
Stephen Mills
29 July 2019
A former colleague pays tribute to renowned Labor speechwriter Graham Freudenberg
National Affairs
Can Mr Kevin07 create a winning leader?
James Murphy
9 July 2019
Tim Gartrell faces quite a battle, and not just with the re-elected government
National Affairs
NSW Labor’s best intentions
David Clune
30 June 2019
The long leadership race has given Gladys Berejiklian’s government valuable breathing space
Books & Arts
Rescued from the footnotes
Sylvia Martin
25 June 2019
Books
| Maurice and Doris Blackburn resisted the pull of the mainstream
National Affairs
The Keneally blunder
Peter Brent
4 June 2019
Will the wrong person be chasing the wrong issues?
National Affairs
The better part of valour
Peter Brent
22 May 2019
For Labor leadership aspirants, this might be a good contest to sit out
National Affairs
For both parties, the lessons of the election are clear
Michael Gill
22 May 2019
Strategies that pander to the party “base” have been thoroughly discredited
National Affairs
Clearing the scrub
Frank Bongiorno
20 May 2019
Labor’s next leader faces the job of rebuilding the party in a low-growth world
National Affairs
Bracing times for true believers
Peter Brent
17 May 2019
What was the secret of Bob Hawke’s electoral success?
National Affairs
Labor on the edge
Mike Steketee
8 May 2019
Election 2019
| With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter
National Affairs
Raking through the embers of Labor’s loss
Tim Colebatch
25 March 2019
Two different elections took place on Saturday, and the opposition won neither of them
National Affairs
Awake at the wheel
David Clune
24 March 2019
Gladys Berejiklian’s historic win was partly good luck but mainly good management
National Affairs
Big target, high stakes
Paul Rodan
30 January 2019
Labor’s economic policies might seem like a life raft to the Coalition
Books & Arts
Working together, living apart
Kate Crowley
19 December 2018
Books
| Are Labor and the Greens divided by their common ground?
Books & Arts
Fighting on all fronts
Norman Abjorensen
3 December 2018
Books
| A new biography paints a nuanced picture of the man widely seen as Australia’s greatest prime minister
National Affairs
Washed up in the wash-up
Tim Colebatch
30 November 2018
The latest figures show how badly Victoria’s Liberals misjudged their pitch to voters
From the archive
Labor makes it three
Frank Bongiorno
28 November 2018
A third win for Labor under Bob Hawke broke the postwar pattern forever
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
Labor’s reset in New South Wales
David Clune
12 November 2018
The state party’s new leader stands in a long tradition, but it’s not clear what that will mean in practice
National Affairs
Post-coup blues
Rodney Tiffen
28 August 2018
A dive into political history suggests the Coalition will have difficulty recovering from last week’s events
National Affairs
What next?
Peter Brent
22 August 2018
A change of PM seems inevitable. Then comes a bounce that could be hazardous for both parties
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
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
Books & Arts
A losing game? Social democracy’s trial by ordeal
Frank Bongiorno
11 February 2018
Books
| Centre-left parties are struggling everywhere. Can they adapt?
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