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
National affairs
13 June 2025
Anthony Albanese heads to Canada for an uncertain meeting with an unpredictable president
Books & arts
12 June 2025
Can democracy respond effectively when the future is breathing down our necks?
Other Voices
12 June 2025
Behind the sadism lies an attack on democracy
National affairs
10 June 2025
A government falls in Tasmania as debate redoubles over a costly AFL-imposed stadium
National affairs
6 June 2025
The looming hearing recalls cold war battles and a more recent courtroom defeat
International
4 June 2025
Like his erratic tariff decisions, Donald Trump’s attack on universities will damage America itself
National affairs
4 June 2025
The final election count adds up to a remarkable win for Labor, but history offers warnings
National affairs
30 May 2025
Having lost Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to the Liberals, the National Party has tried to entice at least one senator from the crossbenches
Other Voices
30 May 2025
A broader antiwar movement is stirring
Essays & reportage
29 May 2025
He achieved his goal, but Australia’s alliance-led march to Iraq lacked a vital ingredient
National affairs
27 May 2025
A key factor in Labor’s election win was forgotten once the postmortems began
National affairs
23 May 2025
The week the Nationals’ leader overplayed his hand