National affairs
28 March 2025
The last week of parliament exposed where the tensions lie on both sides of politics
National affairs
25 March 2025
Taswegians tend to go their own way at national elections, and that can matter when the results are close
Essays & reportage
20 March 2025
Despite her weakness for hyperbole, the high-profile senator has proposed a simple way of bringing greater Indigenous scrutiny to parliament
Books & arts
17 March 2025
An American journalist lifts the veil on a company that might exemplify China’s future
National affairs
14 March 2025
Can Australia avoid America’s backwards slide, and even become a world leader in vaccines?
National affairs
14 March 2025
Peter Dutton should take the time to read his predecessor’s least-remembered thoughts about immigration policy
Books & arts
11 March 2025
New, modern and international, the Blue Poles purchase helped open up the world to Australia
Books & arts
11 March 2025
Is not knowing sometimes more rational than knowing?
Correspondents
11 March 2025
Can a former central banker use Donald Trump’s threats to pull off a shock win for Canada’s Liberals?
National affairs
10 March 2025
… winning without defeating any teals or Greens
National affairs
10 March 2025
How reliable is the exotic new breed of seat-by-seat political polls?
Essays & reportage
7 March 2025
A credible teal threat to the Liberals in Sydney’s Bradfield raises the question: would minority government be so bad?
International
4 March 2025
The Trump administration is going to extraordinary lengths to undermine the system’s capacity to check presidential actions
Books & arts
4 March 2025
Robert Manne tracks almost half a century of political and cultural flux through an intensely personal lens
Correspondents
27 February 2025
And — following the weekend’s election — what’s eerily familiar?
Views from elsewhere
26 February 2025
Trump’s historically bad first month of polls should terrify Republicans
National affairs
26 February 2025
With the Coalition matching Labor’s promises, are vital Medicare reforms being dealt out of contention?
Essays & reportage
25 February 2025
Just a month into the Trump presidency, America’s allies are being forced to think the once-unthinkable
Views from elsewhere
21 February 2025
Ahead of Sunday’s German election, satirist Jan Böhmermann’s analysis for the New York Times
International
21 February 2025
The American far right’s romance with a small Central European country continues
International
21 February 2025
In an anniversary year, Timor-Leste is clocking up foreign policy successes but facing domestic challenges
National affairs
18 February 2025
Newspoll is changing the way it estimates how voters will direct their preferences
National affairs
17 February 2025
Labor seems set for another record-breaking win at next month’s Western Australian election
Books & arts
14 February 2025
Much good luck and a degree of good management enabled the long-serving prime minister to ride the postwar boom
Views from elsewhere
7 February 2025
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different from what he wants you to see
National affairs
5 February 2025
A new report on Services Australia highlights the failings of public service capability reviews
International
3 February 2025
History collided with the ambitions of Narendra Modi’s government at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
Views from elsewhere
3 February 2025
The US president’s tariff decisions will damage not just America’s allies but also its own economy
National affairs
28 January 2025
Can South Australia’s flicker of educational inspiration be turned into a beacon?
Essays & reportage
28 January 2025
Future MP Race Mathews had an insider’s view of policy development — not least health policy — in the office of the leader of the opposition