Essays & reportage
27 April 2017
Populists across the globe are united by their claim to speak on behalf of “the people.” It’s rarely enough for lasting electoral success
National affairs
24 April 2017
A lot happened in the past fortnight. But not much happened in Newspoll
National affairs
24 April 2017
Victoria could experience two shortlived governments in a row unless Labor can lift its performance in key areas
National affairs
20 April 2017
The latest changes to temporary migration are more than a rebranding, but they make a complex system even more complicated and are being sold in a way that damages social cohesion
National affairs
20 April 2017
Adjusting the intake in response to shifts in employment makes long-term sense
19 April 2017
Brexit’s titanic tests have forced the prime minister’s hand
National affairs
19 April 2017
How should authorities deal with a fast-growing electoral roll that hasn’t translated into a comparable lift in voting?
National affairs
19 April 2017
Leaders turned wreckers have played a notorious role in Australian politics. Tony Abbott seems determined to continue the tradition, regardless of the growing anger among his…
Essays & reportage
11 April 2017
The satirist inverted conventional journalistic formats to probe politics and power
National affairs
11 April 2017
Three bad by-election results have increased the pressure on the first female Liberal premier of New South Wales. But an election is still two years away
National affairs
7 April 2017
While the Liberals deal with a series of setbacks, their Coalition partner is facing challenges of its own
National affairs
5 April 2017
It’s almost certainly too late for any leader to derail progress towards a decarbonised global economy
National affairs
31 March 2017
Who will lead the government to near-certain defeat at the next federal election?
National affairs
31 March 2017
With a Queensland election on the horizon, the party is still coming to terms with the size of the WA loss
30 March 2017
A Conservative chancellor turned newspaper editor may influence politics, and Brexit, in unexpected ways
National affairs
28 March 2017
Fortunately, though, there are four things we can do in the short term to alleviate the problem
International
23 March 2017
With new afterword | Surprise in Congress: healthcare reform is complicated and politically fraught
Essays & reportage
22 March 2017
What is the alt-right intelligentsia talking about?
International
21 March 2017
The BJP’s landslide victory in this populous Indian state reflects a potentially combustible mix of old and new
National affairs
21 March 2017
Election results in Western Australia and Austria show how unpopular populist policies can be
International
15 March 2017
One country shows how liberal democracies can avoid backsliding
National affairs
13 March 2017
Mark McGowan’s win in Western Australia is good news for Bill Shorten – though not necessarily in the way you’d expect
National affairs
13 March 2017
WA Labor should immediately tackle the upper house gerrymander – and the federal Coalition needs to use the budget to get back on track
National affairs
13 March 2017
Urged on by an independent MP, Annastacia Palaszczuk’s government has shown how real-time disclosure can work
National affairs
10 March 2017
The resurgent One Nation faces a reckoning this Saturday night in Western Australia
National affairs
7 March 2017
The battle dividing the Liberal Party dates back to Labor’s electoral success during the second world war
National affairs
6 March 2017
Forget what you’ve heard about infrastructure – it might be time to put the politics back in
National affairs
6 March 2017
The WA premier has drawn the wrong lesson from Mike Baird’s 2015 election win
National affairs
3 March 2017
By forcing Malcolm Turnbull to behave like Tony Abbott, the Nationals have gravely damaged the government. But Black Jack McEwen showed how that can change
National affairs
24 February 2017
Labor is creating unrealistic expectations by refusing to accept the decision of the umpire it created