National affairs
28 November 2018
Julia Banks faces a range of challenges if she runs as an independent — and hers won’t be the only Victorian seat to watch
National affairs
25 November 2018
Federal and state factors interacted yesterday, but not in the way you might think
National affairs
24 November 2018
Peter Brent’s election-day round-up
National affairs
23 November 2018
The Victorian premier is pinning his hopes on majority government — and the polls are encouraging
National affairs
23 November 2018
With minority government a possibility in Victoria, the Greens and Labor might need to find a way of working together
International
21 November 2018
Brexit’s failure of governance is sending democracy haywire
Essays & reportage
21 November 2018
Despite his warning to young journalists, Alan Reid was both observer and player in Parliament House. His work has been recognised this month by the Australian Media Hall of Fame
Books & arts
19 November 2018
Books | Two political memoirs reveal the exhilaration of power
National affairs
16 November 2018
Labor is a clear favourite to win this month’s election. But minor parties and independents are also on the march
National affairs
14 November 2018
The Voice and the republic might just add up to a winning combination
National affairs
12 November 2018
The state party’s new leader stands in a long tradition, but it’s not clear what that will mean in practice
International
12 November 2018
Well, the ripple has become a wave, with the respected FiveThirtyEight now estimating that the Democrats have picked up thirty-eight seats in the House. Here’s Lesley…
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