National affairs
4 March 2019
Map the Victorian election results onto federal seats, add a dash of history, and the prognosis is grim
National affairs
25 February 2019
The NSW government’s privatisation and investment strategy has fallen out of sync with the electoral cycle
National affairs
21 February 2019
The convention that neither side of politics comments on the operation of intelligence agencies really only benefits agencies, the government and (sometimes) the opposition
National affairs
20 February 2019
The creation of the Department of Home Affairs broke the rules of good government. Labor should commit to dismantling it
Correspondents
19 February 2019
A split from Labour is a shaft of light amid the Brexit gloom
Essays & reportage
19 February 2019
Parliament unworkable? There are precedents for sending MPs back to the people, but they might not embolden the governor-general
National affairs
18 February 2019
Is Labor’s election mobilisation hitting its limits?
National affairs
18 February 2019
Don’t bet on it: experience suggests that asylum seekers won’t be the deciding factor in May
National affairs
14 February 2019
The major parties’ contrasting campaign styles have been on display this week
National affairs
13 February 2019
Is life too easy for MPs representing this well-heeled Melbourne electorate?
National affairs
12 February 2019
Buoyed by the 2016 election result, Labor has been thinking big — with all the danger that entails
Books & arts
11 February 2019
Books | What France’s yellow jacket protestors may be trying to tell us
International
7 February 2019
How the United States has become more divided and out-of-step, in three charts
Correspondents
7 February 2019
Where does the president’s State of the Union speech lead?
Books & arts
6 February 2019
Television | ABC1’s new current affairs line-up needs to break the mould
National affairs
4 February 2019
History suggests we shouldn’t expect a surge in Liberal-leaning independents
National affairs
4 February 2019
How culture and cash co-mingle in shaping political campaigning
Books & arts
3 February 2019
Grattan Institute researchers show who wins and who loses from Labor’s hotly debated tax policy
International
1 February 2019
Can an electorally dominant government survive family feuding and a broadening opposition?
National affairs
30 January 2019
Labor’s economic policies might seem like a life raft to the Coalition
National affairs
25 January 2019
Gilmore — once a Liberal stronghold — has reverted to the statewide average, leaving Warren Mundine with an uphill battle
National affairs
25 January 2019
Australia’s climate “canter” relies not just on “carry-over credits” but also on the Coalition’s intransigence at the original talks
National affairs
23 January 2019
The clamour for an early federal election continues, and it’s loudest in New South Wales
International
23 January 2019
Four months after the national election, Sweden finally has a prime minister again
National affairs
22 January 2019
The Uluru Statement’s plan for an Indigenous Voice should be put to a vote as soon as possible
National affairs
20 January 2019
Kelly O’Dwyer’s resignation highlights the pressures on federal ministers — and the Liberals’ continuing malaise
National affairs
18 January 2019
With looming retirements and on-the-nose MPs, there’s a good chance the crossbench will be bigger after this year’s federal election
National affairs
9 January 2019
The polls show a clear trend in how voters are responding
Books & arts
4 January 2019
Books | A year of cartoons reveals almost as much about the media as it does about politics
National affairs
1 January 2019
Cabinet Papers 1996–97 | Having inherited the inquiry into the removal of Indigenous children, the Howard government was able to extend its empathy only so far