National affairs
9 May 2018
To deliver tax cuts and budget surpluses the treasurer will need to stay lucky
National affairs
8 May 2018
Don’t spend too much time looking for a post-budget bounce. It won’t happen — or it’ll be over well before the election
National affairs
3 May 2018
Could Labor lose the federal seat of Perth?
National affairs
2 May 2018
Cautious in parts, extravagant in others, the Victorian budget is built on a boom
National affairs
25 April 2018
Newspoll’s revised figures suggest that Malcolm Turnbull did better last year than we thought. It’s another reason to give up our obsession with polls
National affairs
19 April 2018
What went wrong when Family First was absorbed by the Australian Conservatives — and what does it say about how people vote?
International
13 April 2018
America’s opioid crisis won’t be solved by the Mexican wall and capital punishment. Meanwhile, deaths keep rising, and Australia isn’t immune
National affairs
13 April 2018
How did the target become a ceiling?
Books & arts
11 April 2018
Books | The former academic and the pugnacious ex-soldier both tell compelling stories about life before politics
National affairs
6 April 2018
Automated welfare didn’t end with the robodebt controversy. Here and overseas, governments are turning vital decisions over to computers
National affairs
5 April 2018
The former treasurer rode a worldwide economic boom to fame; now there are calls for his return to parliament
National affairs
5 April 2018
Party hardheads know that a change of leader would be a disaster. That leaves only one alternative
International
29 March 2018
Parliament’s election of a new president this week creates the opportunity for a change in direction
National affairs
28 March 2018
Would a stronger prime minister pull Peter Dutton into line?
National affairs
28 March 2018
By the time a new lord mayor is elected in May, quite a few electors will have voted twice
National affairs
23 March 2018
One week, two political campaign scandals: Cambridge Analytica’s data-harvesting and Labor’s funding scam in Victoria highlight the temptations facing parties desperate to win…
National affairs
19 March 2018
Shared hopes and fears were on display at the weekend’s meeting in Sydney
National affairs
19 March 2018
With the debate over renewable energy largely settled, the new South Australian government is looking to smaller companies to help meet its economic goals
International
19 March 2018
The Republican Party is heading for the midterm elections with no plan B
Podcasts
18 March 2018
Two political insurgencies — in Batman and in South Australia — failed to live up to expectations this weekend. Peter Clarke talks to political scientist Rob …
National affairs
18 March 2018
Voters swung to Labor in Batman and South Australia, but with very different results
National affairs
16 March 2018
With third parties playing a big role, this weekend’s votes in Melbourne and South Australia are unusually hard to pick
National affairs
15 March 2018
A close result seems increasingly likely this Saturday, and that means preferences will again be vital
International
15 March 2018
As US gun-control efforts continue, there are signs of a shift in opinion and resolve
Books & arts
15 March 2018
Books | Is China a different kind of democracy, or simply a self-preserving one-party state?
National affairs
13 March 2018
Behind the day-to-day swings in the economic data are worrying longer-term trends
International
9 March 2018
Decision-making among the Chinese elite is as hard to read as it’s ever been, and the uncertainty extends to the character of the president himself
National affairs
8 March 2018
The Sunshine State continues to make its mark in Melbourne’s closely watched federal by-election
Books & arts
28 February 2018
The story of how a cure for scurvy was found, then lost, then found again offers a vital lesson for policy-makers
National affairs
26 February 2018
The Liberals are ahead in the polls, but the state’s electoral system could create a chance for the opposition