National affairs
21 March 2019
Leaving aside errors and misunderstandings, Australia doesn’t have a big fraudulent-voting problem. But a little reassurance wouldn’t go amiss
International
20 March 2019
The Trudeau government’s progressive image has taken a battering in recent weeks, but the opposition parties seem incapable of capitalising on its shortcomings
National affairs
18 March 2019
Scott Morrison is heading into the election with a climate policy made up of half-truths and evasions
Essays & reportage
16 March 2019
Craig Laundy has announced he won’t be seeking another term in federal parliament. Inside Story caught up with him in September 2015
Books & arts
14 March 2019
Books | What makes political leaders take their country to war?
National affairs
13 March 2019
Our psephological correspondent sticks his neck out
Essays & reportage
13 March 2019
Andrew Wilkie rates her prospects highly, but independent candidate Helen Haines faces quite a challenge if she’s to follow Cathy McGowan into parliament
International
12 March 2019
Despite the border flare-up, the national election result seems likely to be tighter this time
National affairs
9 March 2019
Far from being a disaster in New South Wales, minority government could bring lasting reforms
Books & arts
8 March 2019
The 1970s saw the rise of women as a political constituency in Australia
International
7 March 2019
The race to be in the 2020 presidential race is gathering pace
National affairs
5 March 2019
It wasn’t a moderate’s turn to be leader, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work
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
International
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
International
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