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National affairs Tim Colebatch 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | Two parties, three promises, three problems
National affairs Paul Rodan 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | If the polling consensus is right, each winnable seat will count for Labor National affairs Tim Colebatch 11 May 2019 Election 2019 | There’s not much for the government to attack in Labor’s taxing and spending plans National affairs Shaun Crowe 9 May 2019 Election 2019 | Labor’s momentum has posed a challenge for the other party of the left National affairs Mike Steketee 8 May 2019 Election 2019 | With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter
National affairs David Clune 8 May 2019 Election 2019 | New South Wales has some lessons for the Senate
Books & arts Rodney Tiffen 8 May 2019 Books | Three men and four organisations were at the centre of a movement with an outsized impact on Australian politics National affairs Peter Brent 7 May 2019 Election 2019 | Voters’ rankings could count in ways that aren’t clear in the polls Essays & reportage Sara Dowse 7 May 2019 Election 2019 | Our correspondent detects a pattern in the local reaction to Zali Steggall’s campaign National affairs Tim Colebatch 6 May 2019 Tonight the ABC opens up an issue both major parties — and the universities — are reluctant to talk about
National affairs Jeremy Gans 3 May 2019 Election 2019 | There’s plenty to keep curious voters — and the High Court — busy in the candidates’ disclosures about their ancestry
National affairs Peter Brent 3 May 2019 Election 2019 | The Australian Electoral Commission’s success in boosting voter enrolments has created its own problem National affairs Peter Browne 3 May 2019 How the Liberal right found its enemy, why the High Court could be busy this year, and why you might worry about early voting International James Panichi 2 May 2019 The Radical Party’s broadcasting arm has been taking transparency seriously for more than four decades National affairs Mike Steketee 1 May 2019 Election 2019 | Faced with the temptations of negative campaigning, can the parties respond to a steep fall in voter trust?
International Lesley Russell 1 May 2019 Despite the damning Mueller report, would the Democratic Party do best to focus on next year’s election?
National affairs Tim Colebatch 30 April 2019 A smaller crossbench and a few surprise wins are the likely result of the new voting system’s first half-Senate outing International Janna Thompson 30 April 2019 Reparations for slavery have moved from the fringes of American political debate International Edward Aspinall 30 April 2019 The election count is still incomplete, but it’s now clear there’s more to Indonesian politics than pragmatism and patronage alone National affairs Peter Mares 29 April 2019 Election 2019 | Labor is outbidding the Coalition in an attempt to win the votes of recent migrants
National affairs Peter Brent 29 April 2019 Election 2019 | Whether it’s on 48 or 49 per cent, the Coalition is looking competitive
National affairs Peter Brent 27 April 2019 Election 2019 | An odd decision by Newspoll has shifted the dynamics of the campaign — but by how much? National affairs Jeremy Gans 26 April 2019 Election 2019 | Section 44 has already cast its baleful shadow over the federal poll National affairs Mike Steketee 24 April 2019 Election 2019 | Labor’s plans are conservative in the full sense — just look where some of its key ideas came from National affairs Sara Dowse 24 April 2019 Election 2019 | Our correspondent reports from the sensible centre of Tony Abbott’s hotly contested seat
National affairs Peter Browne 23 April 2019 How trust cuts both ways, how a British psephologist observed Australia, and how the tabloids are losing their power
Essays & reportage Rodney Tiffen 18 April 2019 The upsides and downsides of the organisation and its controversial founder National affairs Peter Brent 18 April 2019 Labor’s attempt to win government faces much greater obstacles this time round National affairs Mike Steketee 17 April 2019 The Coalition’s return to the debt-and-deficits theme invites scepticism National affairs Carol Johnson 16 April 2019 Despite moderating its rhetoric, Labor once again faces concerted campaigning from business groups