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
International
24 February 2017
The story, so far, of the new president’s media strategy
National affairs
22 February 2017
Like his predecessors, Malcolm Turnbull needs to find his inner storyteller
National affairs
21 February 2017
Malcolm Turnbull will be the next victim of the growing gap between Liberal Party diehards and the election-deciding majority
National affairs
17 February 2017
Malcolm Turnbull is staking his government on policies that are widely opposed and hard to defend
National affairs
14 February 2017
A blizzard of factors makes the election result next month hard to pick
Essays & reportage
10 February 2017
Donald Trump’s sacking of Sally Yates raises broader questions about how best to respond to the new administration
National affairs
10 February 2017
The prospects aren’t good for Cory Bernardi and the parties of the disaffected Australian right
National affairs
8 February 2017
There’s plenty of politics on ABC TV’s weekly evening marathon, but is the national broadcaster taking it all seriously enough?
National affairs
8 February 2017
Cory Bernardi’s defection is unlikely to excite voters or inflict lasting damage on the government
National affairs
8 February 2017
This week’s events underline the fact that Liberals are still struggling with the question of how they can be more than simply an anti-Labor party
National affairs
1 February 2017
New rules for parliamentary entitlements will improve transparency and accountability. But do they go far enough?
National affairs
27 January 2017
Political life has always had an ambivalent relationship with verifiable facts
National affairs
27 January 2017
Translating the national vote into a fair election result shouldn’t be too hard. But neither the United States nor Australia has cracked it
International
22 January 2017
He’s president now, with a record-breaking minus-fifteen favourability rating, and the argument about why it happened continues. Rodney Tiffen has been sifting the evidence