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National affairs Peter Brent 19 January 2018 Is a Shorten prime ministership just a matter of time?
National affairs Peter Brent 12 January 2018 With the right team, the next election could bury race-based campaigning once and for all International Amrita Malhi 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 Lesley Russell 11 January 2018 The electoral prospects are hard to read as the United States enters midterm-election year International Michael Leach 5 January 2018 Only presidential action will resolve the impasse brought on by last year’s inconclusive election
Books & arts Frank Bongiorno 5 January 2018 Books | Beyond the headlines it generated, Kevin Rudd’s memoir helps explain why he lost the prime ministership
International R. Tousi 4 January 2018 The latest protests reveal rising discontent outside the major cities International Klaus Neumann 22 December 2017 As the shape of the new government becomes clearer, Germany’s longest-running police show illuminates the political challenge ahead International Sally McCausland 22 December 2017 Podcasts | It started slowly, but became the best-known of all political scandals National affairs Paul Rodan 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 Peter Brent 18 December 2017 A temporary reprieve for Malcolm Turnbull was also a reminder of Bill Shorten’s limitations
From the archive Tom Griffiths 17 December 2017 A chance encounter anticipated the shocking disappearance of a prime minister on 17 December 1967 National affairs Rodney Tiffen 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 Tim Colebatch 14 December 2017 The detailed figures are out at last, and they confirm that One Nation’s preferences barely mattered International Klaus Neumann 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 Nic Maclellan 11 December 2017 With a referendum on self-determination due in a year’s time, young Kanaks are debating their future
National affairs Tim Colebatch 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 Tim Colebatch 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 Norman Abjorensen 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 Jeremy Gans 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 Jock Given 7 December 2017 Books | Is Gareth Evans’s “incorrigible optimism” evidence-based?
National affairs Antonia Finnane 4 December 2017 The historical record doesn’t support the claims repeated by the senator from New South Wales National affairs Peter Brent 4 December 2017 Barnaby Joyce triumphs, but the thirtieth bad Newspoll in a row draws inexorably closer National affairs Tim Colebatch 1 December 2017 A Labor government is certain, but beyond that it’s Brisbane versus the rest National affairs Peter Brent 27 November 2017 A shift in voting patterns interacted with compulsory preferences to produce a dramatic election count. Is this what we should expect in future federal elections?
National affairs Tim Colebatch 26 November 2017 Historically low support for the major parties has contributed to a result that’s still too close to call
International Norman Abjorensen 22 November 2017 A Marcos-era project has caught the imagination of Philippine politicians who favour a return to authoritarian rule — despite its failure to produce a single watt of saleable… National affairs Tim Colebatch 21 November 2017 A shock by-election in Victoria has boosted optimism among Greens. But does electoral geography support their wider hopes? National affairs Frank Bongiorno 19 November 2017 Perhaps the most interesting results of the marriage-equality survey were to be seen outside the eastern capitals National affairs Jeremy Gans 19 November 2017 The process for replacing senators means we could be in for a long series of High Court hearings. Will the 2016 election never end?