National affairs
19 May 2019
Election 2019 | A fearful voter can be an unpredictable thing
National affairs
18 May 2019
Election 2019 | Will the skittish commentariat be vindicated tonight?
National affairs
17 May 2019
What does the latest evidence say about the likely election outcome?
National affairs
17 May 2019
What was the secret of Bob Hawke’s electoral success?
National affairs
17 May 2019
Election 2019 | The two-party-preferred count is a relic of an era in which the major parties were overwhelmingly dominant
National affairs
16 May 2019
How do policy successes like plain-packaging laws or tighter gun controls come about?
National affairs
16 May 2019
Election 2019 | Glenn Druery is working his magic again, this time in his boss’s home state
International
15 May 2019
On the ground, the Philippines midterm results look less like an endorsement of Rodrigo Duterte’s policies than an illustration of the power of money. Photos by Dave Tacon
National affairs
15 May 2019
Election 2019 | If the banks can change, imagine the scope for cultural reform in politics
National affairs
15 May 2019
Election 2019 | Is a change-oriented campaign helping Labor over the line — and would the polls know either way?
National affairs
14 May 2019
Election 2019 | Chill winds have been buffeting the health minister from all sides
National affairs
14 May 2019
Election 2019 | Turn the argument around the other way, and the defenders of the status quo are on even shakier ground
National affairs
14 May 2019
Election 2019 | Two parties, three promises, three problems
National affairs
14 May 2019
Election 2019 | If the polling consensus is right, each winnable seat will count for Labor
National affairs
11 May 2019
Election 2019 | There’s not much for the government to attack in Labor’s taxing and spending plans
National affairs
9 May 2019
Election 2019 | Labor’s momentum has posed a challenge for the other party of the left
National affairs
8 May 2019
Election 2019 | With ten days to go, an unconventional campaign has turned into a nailbiter
National affairs
8 May 2019
Election 2019 | New South Wales has some lessons for the Senate
Books & arts
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
7 May 2019
Election 2019 | Voters’ rankings could count in ways that aren’t clear in the polls
Essays & reportage
7 May 2019
Election 2019 | Our correspondent detects a pattern in the local reaction to Zali Steggall’s campaign
National affairs
6 May 2019
Tonight the ABC opens up an issue both major parties — and the universities — are reluctant to talk about
National affairs
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
3 May 2019
Election 2019 | The Australian Electoral Commission’s success in boosting voter enrolments has created its own problem
National affairs
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
2 May 2019
The Radical Party’s broadcasting arm has been taking transparency seriously for more than four decades
National affairs
1 May 2019
Election 2019 | Faced with the temptations of negative campaigning, can the parties respond to a steep fall in voter trust?
International
1 May 2019
Despite the damning Mueller report, would the Democratic Party do best to focus on next year’s election?
National affairs
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
30 April 2019
Reparations for slavery have moved from the fringes of American political debate