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National affairs 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 Peter Brent 3 May 2024 The job of Liberal leader once swung from the party’s left to its right. But a lot has changed in recent years Books & arts Carol Johnson 20 March 2024 Successfully or not, Peter Dutton stands in a long line of paternalistic leaders Books & arts Paul Rodan 6 February 2024 Australia’s longest-serving prime minister emerges sympathetically from the first two of a projected four-volume survey Books & arts Paul Rodan 8 September 2023 Doc Evatt may have won the battle over banning the Communist Party but Bob Menzies was the ultimate victor
National affairs 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
Books & arts Stephen Mills 9 August 2023 Two talented Liberal senators paved the way for future female ministers National affairs Tim Colebatch 6 April 2023 Recent election results tell a story Peter Dutton doesn’t want to hear National affairs Tim Colebatch 3 April 2023 As its first leader warned, the Liberal Party can’t win office as the “party of reaction” National affairs Peter Brent 2 April 2023 Life has just got a lot harder for Peter Dutton
Books & arts Stephen Mills 1 February 2023 For a remarkable quarter-century, Tony Eggleton was the power behind the Liberal throne
National affairs 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 Peter Brent 23 January 2023 Plenty, in fact, so the government needs to avoid getting derailed by the Voice’s critics (and some of its friends) National affairs Tim Rowse 23 January 2023 Have critics overlooked what the opposition leader didn’t ask? Essays & reportage 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 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 Tim Colebatch 27 November 2022 Dan Andrews’s government has cause for celebration — and plenty on its plate National affairs James Murphy 7 October 2022 Will Victoria’s healthcare bidding war really benefit the opening bidder? Essays & reportage Mike Steketee 5 September 2022 Long forecast, the party’s grim prospects reflect an unpopular ideological narrowing National affairs Carol Johnson 3 December 2021 Despite the pandemic, Labor and the Coalition are embracing policies from the past
National affairs Rob Manwaring 22 October 2021 South Australia’s Liberals have been creating national headlines for all the wrong reasons
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 3 October 2021 The distinctive political culture of New South Wales could reach its apogee — with national effects — when Dominic Perrottet takes the top job Essays & reportage Hamish McDonald 29 July 2021 Marise Payne has much to contend with as foreign minister in the Morrison government Books & arts Tim Rowse 9 July 2021 Andrew Bragg is on the right side of the debate, but the gaps in his argument are revealing Books & arts Ian Hancock 4 June 2021 Conservative or liberal? A new book about the former prime minister rejects the old binary in favour of two other strands of thought
National affairs Brett Evans 14 May 2021 The former prime minister is playing an intriguing role in a closely watched by-election
National affairs Saul Eslake 30 April 2021 Josh Frydenberg has moved further from Coalition orthodoxy on budget deficits National affairs James Murphy 21 April 2021 Why are Victoria’s Liberals stuck on a controversial project twice rejected at the ballot box? National affairs Peter Brent 14 April 2021 Is Scott Morrison the prime minister to win the next election? National affairs Ian Hancock 31 March 2021 Will a dysfunctional party organisation in his home state block Josh Frydenberg’s path to the Lodge?