Inside Story

National affairs The everyday threat of sovereign citizen pseudolaw Harry Hobbs & Stephen Young 29 August 2025 Behind the violence of its most extreme adherents is a web of groups active at the grassroots National affairs Simpler, fairer and more effective Saul Eslake 25 August 2025 Jim Chalmers’s roundtable cleared the way for much-needed tax reform National affairs The trouble with Coalition’s young-voter problem Peter Brent 14 August 2025 How the pundits are getting it wrong about generational voting National affairs Productivity puzzles John Edwards 14 August 2025 Should company taxes changes really be a priority at the next week’s economic summit?

National affairs Let’s just get this done, shall we? Karen Middleton 18 July 2025 A former Treasury secretary lays down the environmental law Books & arts How to resist a tyrant Linda Jaivin 18 July 2025 If democracy is the goal, non-violence is a better bet International Big, ugly and unpopular Lesley Russell 16 July 2025 Donald Trump’s signature legislation will come back to bite the Republicans National affairs How to disappear a problem Dean Ashenden 10 July 2025 The school system has spent fifty years not fixing one of its central flaws

National affairs A self-proclaimed zealot throws down the gauntlet Karen Middleton 27 June 2025 A leaked transcript of a Liberal Women’s Council meeting highlights the challenges facing Sussan Ley over women’s representation Essays & reportage The rise and fall of John Pesutto James Panichi 25 June 2025 A former leader’s trajectory is also the story of the Liberal Party’s narrowing base National affairs Taxing times Karen Middleton 20 June 2025 Jim Chalmers wants to “test the appetite” for more ambitious productivity reforms National affairs AUKUS’s missing price tag Karen Middleton 13 June 2025 Anthony Albanese heads to Canada for an uncertain meeting with an unpredictable president