National affairs
24 March 2019
Gladys Berejiklian’s historic win was partly good luck but mainly good management
Essays & reportage
16 March 2019
Craig Laundy has announced he won’t be seeking another term in federal parliament. Inside Story caught up with him in September 2015
National affairs
5 March 2019
It wasn’t a moderate’s turn to be leader, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work
National affairs
4 March 2019
Map the Victorian election results onto federal seats, add a dash of history, and the prognosis is grim
National affairs
13 February 2019
Is life too easy for MPs representing this well-heeled Melbourne electorate?
National affairs
4 February 2019
History suggests we shouldn’t expect a surge in Liberal-leaning independents
National affairs
23 January 2019
The clamour for an early federal election continues, and it’s loudest in New South Wales
Essays & reportage
7 December 2018
History could help the Liberals out of their malaise
National affairs
6 December 2018
Poor polling figures bring to the surface old obsessions that don’t necessarily impress voters
National affairs
30 November 2018
The latest figures show how badly Victoria’s Liberals misjudged their pitch to voters
National affairs
22 October 2018
Malcolm Turnbull’s critics were looking through the wrong lens, and Saturday’s defeat was just the first of the aftershocks
National affairs
30 August 2018
From the archive | In 2010 Judith Troeth called for quotas to increase the number of Liberal women in parliament. She’s still waiting for the party to tackle the problem
Books & arts
28 August 2018
Television | With just days to gather its material, Four Corners found a way to explore the human impact of power
National affairs
28 August 2018
A dive into political history suggests the Coalition will have difficulty recovering from last week’s events
International
27 August 2018
Letter from London | Australia’s political drama gives Britain respite from Brexit, along with a crash course in Canberrology
National affairs
27 August 2018
Will we ever know what Scott Morrison promised Michael McCormack?
National affairs
27 August 2018
Today’s Newspoll underlines how the change of leader didn’t play out in quite the way most people expected
National affairs
24 August 2018
The party room’s choice of leader and deputy shows that the insurgents didn’t achieve their ultimate goal
National affairs
24 August 2018
The new PM will need to change tack for the third time in his political career
National affairs
23 August 2018
An early election is the only solution to the chaos in the Liberal party room
National affairs
23 August 2018
Malcolm Turnbull’s first stint as Liberal leader wounded him deeply, with ultimately fatal results. Another change of leader is likely to do the same to this government
National affairs
22 August 2018
A change of PM seems inevitable. Then comes a bounce that could be hazardous for both parties
National affairs
21 August 2018
The reckoning has arrived for a party — and its Coalition partner — long riven by cultural fixations
National affairs
21 August 2018
Malcolm Turnbull has survived a spill, but the rebels won’t leave it there
National affairs
20 August 2018
Malcolm Turnbull’s predicament reflects the crisis of modern conservatism
National affairs
20 August 2018
Has the Liberal Party passed the point of no return?
National affairs
19 July 2018
Tony Abbott is an unwelcome presence — for the government at least — amid the tangle of by-elections on 28 July
National affairs
3 July 2018
Viewed warmly on both sides of politics and in the media, the finance minister is playing a vital role for the government
National affairs
18 June 2018
A Supreme Court decision on the Victorian branch’s finances has national implications — and not just for the party
National affairs
18 June 2018
The weekend’s call to privatise the ABC wouldn’t have impressed the founder of the party