Books & arts
11 February 2018
Books | Centre-left parties are struggling everywhere. Can they adapt?
National affairs
8 February 2018
The battle for the inner-Melbourne seat is no ordinary by-election for Labor
International
6 February 2018
Despite his age, the former anti-corruption chief looks like returning to a key position in the Chinese leadership
National affairs
2 February 2018
Conventional wisdom advises against holding referendums at election time. Conventional wisdom is wrong
Books & arts
28 January 2018
Books | A former communist and a former Catholic activist combine forces to cast new light on the organisation that helped fuel the Labor split
National affairs
26 January 2018
To call Nick Xenophon a populist is to miss the reasons for his remarkable rise
National affairs
26 January 2018
What happens when Australians are asked to name the most significant historical events of their lifetimes?
National affairs
23 January 2018
Evidence suggests that Australians aren’t strongly wedded to celebrating a national day on 26 January
National affairs
19 January 2018
Is a Shorten prime ministership just a matter of time?
National affairs
12 January 2018
With the right team, the next election could bury race-based campaigning once and for all
International
12 January 2018
This year’s election will be a fight not only for government but also over the legacy of the country’s most successful party
International
11 January 2018
The electoral prospects are hard to read as the United States enters midterm-election year
International
5 January 2018
Only presidential action will resolve the impasse brought on by last year’s inconclusive election
Books & arts
5 January 2018
Books | Beyond the headlines it generated, Kevin Rudd’s memoir helps explain why he lost the prime ministership
International
4 January 2018
The latest protests reveal rising discontent outside the major cities
International
22 December 2017
As the shape of the new government becomes clearer, Germany’s longest-running police show illuminates the political challenge ahead
International
22 December 2017
Podcasts | It started slowly, but became the best-known of all political scandals
National affairs
21 December 2017
The Coalition has weathered periods of disunity before, but this time there’s the added problem of ructions within the National Party
National affairs
18 December 2017
A temporary reprieve for Malcolm Turnbull was also a reminder of Bill Shorten’s limitations
From the archive
17 December 2017
A chance encounter anticipated the shocking disappearance of a prime minister on 17 December 1967
National affairs
15 December 2017
Political year in review | A lack of state or federal leadership coups made for an unusual year in Australian politics. And the strangeness didn’t end there
National affairs
14 December 2017
The detailed figures are out at last, and they confirm that One Nation’s preferences barely mattered
International
13 December 2017
The bid to create a UN convention on territorial asylum might have failed, but it points to possibilities still worth pursuing
International
11 December 2017
With a referendum on self-determination due in a year’s time, young Kanaks are debating their future
National affairs
11 December 2017
Dig a little deeper into the result of the Northcote by-election, and there’s hope yet for Labor in what was starting to look like Greens territory
National affairs
11 December 2017
With four state elections and a national poll on the horizon, it’s worth looking more closely at what happened north of the Tweed
National affairs
11 December 2017
Bad luck has played a part, but that doesn’t explain why the PM has had such a bad year
National affairs
8 December 2017
Parliament’s citizenship register is packed with declarations. Not all of them are terribly illuminating, but that’s not necessarily the fault of the MPs
Books & arts
7 December 2017
Books | Is Gareth Evans’s “incorrigible optimism” evidence-based?
National affairs
4 December 2017
The historical record doesn’t support the claims repeated by the senator from New South Wales