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Essays & Reportage Norman Abjorensen 7 December 2018 History could help the Liberals out of their malaise
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 6 December 2018 Poor polling figures bring to the surface old obsessions that don’t necessarily impress voters National Affairs Tim Colebatch 30 November 2018 The latest figures show how badly Victoria’s Liberals misjudged their pitch to voters From the archive Peter Browne 28 November 2018 We now know that Securency and Note Printing Australia were fined a record $21.6 million in 2012. But why had most of the media run dead on the story? National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 28 November 2018 Julia Banks faces a range of challenges if she runs as an independent — and hers won’t be the only Victorian seat to watch
Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 28 November 2018 Extract | A third federal win for Labor in 1987 broke the postwar pattern forever
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 25 November 2018 Federal and state factors interacted yesterday, but not in the way you might think National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 24 November 2018 Peter Brent’s election-day round-up National Affairs Paul Rodan 23 November 2018 The Victorian premier is pinning his hopes on majority government — and the polls are encouraging National Affairs Shaun Crowe 23 November 2018 With minority government a possibility in Victoria, the Greens and Labor might need to find a way of working together
Correspondents David Hayes 21 November 2018 Brexit’s failure of governance is sending democracy haywire
Essays & Reportage Laurie Oakes 21 November 2018 Despite his warning to young journalists, Alan Reid was both observer and player in Parliament House. His work has been recognised this month by the Australian Media Hall of Fame Books & Arts Graeme Dobell 19 November 2018 Books | Two political memoirs reveal the exhilaration of power National Affairs Tim Colebatch 16 November 2018 Labor is a clear favourite to win this month’s election. But minor parties and independents are also on the march National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 14 November 2018 The Voice and the republic might just add up to a winning combination
National Affairs David Clune 12 November 2018 The state party’s new leader stands in a long tradition, but it’s not clear what that will mean in practice
International Lesley Russell 12 November 2018 Well, the ripple has become a wave, with the respected FiveThirtyEight now estimating that the Democrats have picked up thirty-eight seats in the House. Here’s Lesley… Essays & Reportage Peter Spearritt 9 November 2018 A little-known incident captures divisions among Australians during the first world war National Affairs Jane Goodall 9 November 2018 As a politician, the former prime minister remains an enigma that Q&A couldn’t crack Books & Arts Stephen Mills 8 November 2018 Books | Teamed up with Mark Latham, Pauline Hanson seems set to again follow the trajectory documented by Kerry-Anne Walsh
National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 8 November 2018 Being prime minister is harder than Scott Morrison might have thought
National Affairs Paul Rodan 2 November 2018 The polls aren’t looking good for Matthew Guy’s Liberals in Victoria National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 31 October 2018 Down this fortnight, up the next: how a nation is gripped by a name and its numbers Books & Arts David Solomon 31 October 2018 Biography | Tiberius meets his Tacitus in this lively biography of a less-than-glorious prime minister National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 25 October 2018 The Wentworth result might not change the Labor–Coalition equation, but it’s a reminder that seats can suddenly fall to independents
National Affairs Norman Abjorensen 22 October 2018 Malcolm Turnbull’s critics were looking through the wrong lens, and Saturday’s defeat was just the first of the aftershocks
Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 22 October 2018 Books | Is Barnaby Joyce on the rise again? On the evidence of his memoir, things could get ugly National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 20 October 2018 An earth-shattering result in the inner-city seat recalls an earlier independent triumph – and its aftermath National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 20 October 2018 The betting markets are off the mark as Wentworth voters begin casting their ballots in a vital contest National Affairs Marion Maddox 19 October 2018 Did Scott Morrison have a different audience in mind when he floated the idea of shifting Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem?