National affairs
23 May 2025
The case for sticking with the suspension of the Coalition
National affairs
16 May 2025
Will the party swing behind its new leader?
National affairs
15 May 2025
An inquiry into planning reform in Victoria’s upper house cuts to the heart of Australia’s housing debates
National affairs
13 May 2025
Time for the Libs and Nats to take a breather from the Coalition? History suggests otherwise
National affairs
9 May 2025
Despite a remarkable win, caution will remain the watchword of the Albanese prime ministership
National affairs
9 May 2025
What could an incoming education minister do about schools?
National affairs
7 May 2025
A big election win gives Labor a chance to rethink this Morrison-era scheme
National affairs
5 May 2025
The pollsters tipped the win but not its size. So why did they toe the same line?
National affairs
5 May 2025
The signs were there but the size of the swings still came as a shock
National affairs
4 May 2025
The party is taking a long time to understand its plight
National affairs
3 May 2025
With the final polls published, what do we and don’t we know?
National affairs
2 May 2025
A misconceived election strategy’s long history
National affairs
1 May 2025
Beware of claims that supporters of small right-wing parties will overwhelmingly preference the Coalition
Books & arts
29 April 2025
A sociologist’s dissection of hyperglobalisation and its legacies
National affairs
28 April 2025
What history tells Australia about the US alliance
National affairs
25 April 2025
Retirements by longstanding MPs are adding to the election campaign’s complexity as it heads into its final week
National affairs
24 April 2025
Early voting, preference dealing, overinterpreted polls and an underwhelming debate: notes from another week of campaigning
National affairs
22 April 2025
Some polls are suggesting it will — but what distinguishes those polls from the ones that aren’t?
International
21 April 2025
Canada’s Liberals enter the final week of the election campaign with plenty of help from south of the border
National affairs
18 April 2025
Targeting the opposition leader’s seat serves more than one purpose for Labor
Books & arts
14 April 2025
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has built a political philosophy on her family’s efforts to reconcile the past and the future
Essays & reportage
14 April 2025
Does the national two-party vote tell us whether Labor will finish with the most MPs, or will it come down to 150 seat-by-seat swings?
National affairs
11 April 2025
Attacking the government might have given the Coalition some easy wins over the past three years, but does it add up to an election strategy?
National affairs
11 April 2025
Slashing migration is much harder than it sounds
International
11 April 2025
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are responding to a similar problem in dramatically different ways
Essays & reportage
11 April 2025
Is Peter Dutton’s energy plan going the way of a succession of nuclear pushes?
Books & arts
10 April 2025
Robert Kaplan’s latest book is characteristically thoughtful and necessarily bleak
National affairs
9 April 2025
Pollsters are giving Labor a winning edge, but the government has reasons to be cautious
National affairs
8 April 2025
Is electoral history about to assert itself once again?
Books & arts
8 April 2025
As Australia faces a crisis of orientation, an expatriate argues that being adaptable is better than being visionary