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National affairs William Maley 6 December 2024 Pauline Hanson is wrong and Fatima Payman right about the question of eligibility
Essays & reportage Frank Bongiorno & Joshua Black 6 August 2024 Following a heated double-dissolution election, both houses met jointly for the first time ever on 6–7 August 1974 National affairs Tim Rowse 19 July 2023 Neither of the Voice to Parliament pamphlets rises to the occasion 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?
National affairs Tim Rowse 23 December 2022 Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Noel Pearson’s clash over the Voice masks a more complicated picture
National affairs Judith Ireland 25 November 2022 Labor promised a more respectful, diverse and family-friendly parliament. Has it delivered? National affairs 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 Barbara Pocock 18 November 2022 A first-time senator is fascinated and alarmed National affairs Tim Rowse 27 September 2022 Are fears of a repeat of the 1999 republic referendum influencing the campaign for an Indigenous Voice?
National affairs Margaret Simons 16 December 2021 Another inquiry has made recommendations to improve media diversity. All that’s lacking is action
National affairs John Hawkins 18 October 2021 Australia got a new president this week. But it’s not a name you might recognise Essays & reportage Peter Browne 14 October 2021 Why is Australia among the few Western countries that don’t tax inheritances? National affairs Peter Mares 24 September 2021 It might be ill-conceived, but at least the latest inquiry into housing affordability is generating high-quality evidence National affairs 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
From the archive Hamish McDonald 20 August 2021 An independent from South Australia is exerting outsized influence in Canberra
Books & arts Jane Goodall 9 July 2021 With just one blind spot, Annabel Crabb is at her best in the ABC’s Ms Represented National affairs Judith Ireland 28 May 2021 Announcing five inquiries in response to Brittany Higgins’s allegations was the easy bit. Now the government is trying to manage their impact National affairs Frank Bongiorno 4 March 2021 Scandals on Capital Hill point to problems in schools, universities and parliament itself National affairs Marian Sawer 1 March 2021 Can Australia learn from how legislatures in other countries are tackling the problem?
National affairs Judith Ireland 19 February 2021 Is parliament at last recognising the deep problems in its own work culture?
National affairs Harry Hobbs 8 February 2021 Does Sweden’s Sámediggi offer lessons for Australia’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament? Essays & reportage Tim Rowse 1 February 2021 As we enter stage two of the co-design process, the government seems already to be shaping the result National affairs Yun Jiang 20 October 2020 Chinese Australians are being singled out by overwrought politicians International James Panichi 23 September 2020 Monday’s referendum and election results highlight the vulnerability of the Five Star Movement
Summer season Brett Evans 24 August 2020 Even MPs are getting worried about the quality of question time
National affairs Kim Rubenstein 1 July 2020 Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court? National affairs Sarah Moulds 14 May 2020 Are parliamentary committees up to the job? Books & arts Norman Abjorensen 15 April 2020 Books | London-born Graham Berry took on the forces of reaction in colonial Victoria National affairs Graeme Orr 4 April 2020 How should we stage elections during a health emergency?