Other Voices
16 September 2025
The Biden White House might not have been setting up the vice-president for failure, but it didn’t do much to help her
National affairs
16 September 2025
How did pollsters come up with such different figures on Palestinian recognition?
National affairs
11 September 2025
A misleading assertion about Indian voters has rippled across the political landscape
Other Voices
10 September 2025
Can a despised autocrat consolidate power without popular support?
International
9 September 2025
Gore Vidal’s message for Americans: “We are Trump; he is us”
National affairs
4 September 2025
The weekend’s protests are a reminder of Australia’s distinctive record
Other Voices
30 August 2025
Coined by the political scientist Xavier Marquez, the term is especially useful right now
National affairs
29 August 2025
Behind the violence of its most extreme adherents is a web of groups active at the grassroots
National affairs
25 August 2025
Jim Chalmers’s roundtable cleared the way for much-needed tax reform
National affairs
14 August 2025
How the pundits are getting it wrong about generational voting
National affairs
14 August 2025
Should company taxes changes really be a priority at the next week’s economic summit?
Books & arts
6 August 2025
What drives conspiracy theories?
International
1 August 2025
Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal has brought to a head the media mogul’s uneasy relationship with Donald Trump
National affairs
28 July 2025
National trends and local factors have combined to make forming government an immensely complicated process
National affairs
23 July 2025
More evidence emerges that Peter Dutton’s electorally toxic impulses were reinforced by misleading polling
International
22 July 2025
Xi Jinping’s refurbished economic policies combine the old and the new
National affairs
22 July 2025
The former Treasury head was revealed to be an arch-reactionary in his long second career
National affairs
18 July 2025
A former Treasury secretary lays down the environmental law
Books & arts
18 July 2025
If democracy is the goal, non-violence is a better bet
International
16 July 2025
Donald Trump’s signature legislation will come back to bite the Republicans
National affairs
10 July 2025
The school system has spent fifty years not fixing one of its central flaws
National affairs
7 July 2025
Immigration might not be the headline issue it was before the election, but problems are mounting
Books & arts
4 July 2025
Dictators don’t govern alone, which helps explain what happens once they’ve gone
Books & arts
4 July 2025
As Labor signals greater boldness, a seasoned policymaker and former MP describes how it’s done
International
3 July 2025
Britain has leapfrogged Australia with strong rules for proposed fossil fuel projects
National affairs
30 June 2025
New shadow minister Kerrynne Liddle believes the rights of the vulnerable should take precedence over Indigenous rights
International
29 June 2025
Keir Starmer is paying a heavy price for spending cuts that lacked a defensible rationale
National affairs
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
25 June 2025
A former leader’s trajectory is also the story of the Liberal Party’s narrowing base
National affairs
20 June 2025
Jim Chalmers wants to “test the appetite” for more ambitious productivity reforms