Essays & reportage
9 November 2018
A little-known incident captures divisions among Australians during the first world war
National affairs
9 November 2018
As a politician, the former prime minister remains an enigma that Q&A couldn’t crack
Books & arts
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
8 November 2018
Being prime minister is harder than Scott Morrison might have thought
National affairs
2 November 2018
The polls aren’t looking good for Matthew Guy’s Liberals in Victoria
National affairs
31 October 2018
Down this fortnight, up the next: how a nation is gripped by a name and its numbers
Books & arts
31 October 2018
Biography | Tiberius meets his Tacitus in this lively biography of a less-than-glorious prime minister
National affairs
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
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
22 October 2018
Books | Is Barnaby Joyce on the rise again? On the evidence of his memoir, things could get ugly
National affairs
20 October 2018
An earth-shattering result in the inner-city seat recalls an earlier independent triumph – and its aftermath
National affairs
20 October 2018
The betting markets are off the mark as Wentworth voters begin casting their ballots in a vital contest
National affairs
19 October 2018
Did Scott Morrison have a different audience in mind when he floated the idea of shifting Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem?
National affairs
19 October 2018
Is Barnaby Joyce the electoral asset his supporters believe him to be?
International
19 October 2018
With the US midterm elections less than three weeks away, how likely is a Democratic triumph?
National affairs
16 October 2018
This time in 2017, Australians were voting on marriage equality. What happened next?
From the archive
12 October 2018
Like Martin Luther King, philosopher Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of democracy
National affairs
10 October 2018
The past is catching up with a climate-sceptical Australian government
Books & arts
9 October 2018
Review essay | Democracies might be threatened, but authoritarian regimes have their own problems
Correspondents
8 October 2018
This party leader can’t own or disown his past, nor Labour’s
Books & arts
8 October 2018
Television | Awkward questions are raised by A Very English Scandal and The Assassination of Gianni Versace
National affairs
8 October 2018
Fresh from their dismal toppling of Malcolm Turnbull, Sydney’s best-known media gang is targeting new victims and choosing new friends
National affairs
2 October 2018
A little-remarked feature of New Zealand’s political system would help make Australia more democratic
National affairs
27 September 2018
With the risk of an independent taking a blue-ribbon seat, Wentworth has become an even more interesting contest
National affairs
27 September 2018
Could section 58 of the Constitution awaken in an era of minority government?
Correspondents
25 September 2018
Updated | Despite opting for a less confrontational chief executive, Beijing has tightened its grip in Hong Kong
International
21 September 2018
On balance, it’s been a good first term for the Indonesian president. But is he putting the gains in danger?
National affairs
21 September 2018
Are the old days of majority government coming to an end?
Correspondents
20 September 2018
Sweden’s far-right party is big enough to cause headaches but small enough to be contained — with the right policies — by its larger rivals
National affairs
14 September 2018
The short answer is yes, but the long answer is more complicated