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Captains unpicked
Judith Brett
3 February 2023
What impact do biographies of living politicians have on their subjects?
Books & Arts
One-man intelligence network
Stephen Mills
1 February 2023
For a remarkable quarter-century, Tony Eggleton was the power behind the Liberal throne
National Affairs
The turn of the electoral cycle could be a long time coming
Tim Colebatch
27 January 2023
Labor is riding high across Australia, and the Greens are doing better than most observers acknowledge. Where does that leave the Coalition?
Books & Arts
The war for the soul of America
Rodney Tiffen
27 January 2023
The dire state of the Republican Party has decades-old roots
Books & Arts
Is this the end of globalisation?
John Edwards
25 January 2023
A
Financial Times
columnist says yes, but the figures tell a different story
National Affairs
Price and Pearson, uneasy allies?
Tim Rowse
23 December 2022
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Noel Pearson’s clash over the Voice masks a more complicated picture
International
What next for China?
Rana Mitter
23 December 2022
Challenges at home are contributing to a tentative shift in relations with the West
National Affairs
Means to an end
Daniel Reeders
14 December 2022
When can we say an epidemic is over?
Books & Arts
“No one dared tell him to stop”
Matthew Ricketson
14 December 2022
In her latest post-election book Niki Savva puts Scott Morrison through the wringer. But has she avoided all the pitfalls of the genre?
Books & Arts
China’s forgotten reformer
Linda Jaivin
14 December 2022
A historian rescues a former leader from the party’s airbrushers
Books & Arts
Cometh the hour
James Walter
9 December 2022
Katharine Murphy’s latest Quarterly Essay probes where politics meets personality
Books & Arts
The slow demise of neoliberalism
John Quiggin
8 December 2022
How the all-conquering movement contained the seeds of its own destruction
Essays & Reportage
Science and uncertainty: China’s Covid dilemma
John Fitzgerald
6 December 2022
Behind the hardline policy is a quest for perfection that dates back to the Communist Party’s founding
International
Chinese nationalism under pressure
Yun Jiang
6 December 2022
Attitudes are changing within the young urban population
Essays & Reportage
Before it was time
Paul Rodan
2 December 2022
A young Western Australian catches a glimpse of Gough in 1969
Essays & Reportage
A party for the people
David Solomon & Laurie Oakes
2 December 2022
Beer and scuffles open
The Making of an Australian Prime Minister
, the classic account of the 1972 election
Essays & Reportage
“God save us all!”
Patrick Mullins
2 December 2022
Doomed to defeat in 1972, did prime minister William McMahon show more initiative than he’s given credit for?
National Affairs
For today, a triumph for Victorian Labor
Tim Colebatch
27 November 2022
Dan Andrews’s government has cause for celebration — and plenty on its plate
International
Anwar closes the circle
Mark Baker
25 November 2022
Heir apparent in the 1990s, Anwar Ibrahim has finally taken Malaysia’s top job
National Affairs
Calm and collegial?
Judith Ireland
25 November 2022
Labor promised a more respectful, diverse and family-friendly parliament. Has it delivered?
National Affairs
Will Labor need to share power in Victoria?
Tim Colebatch
24 November 2022
Polls have inevitably tightened in Victoria, and the shape of the upper house continues to be anyone’s bet
Books & Arts
The teal thing
Brett Evans
24 November 2022
Could the success of smart, well-connected candidates realign conservative politics?
National Affairs
What I learned at Senate estimates
Barbara Pocock
18 November 2022
A first-time senator is fascinated and alarmed
International
Game changers
Lesley Russell
16 November 2022
After last week’s midterm results, Donald Trump’s new run for president seems to come from a different era
National Affairs
Victoria considers its verdict
Tim Colebatch
16 November 2022
The mood has shifted during the current election campaign, but the Liberals aren’t likely to be the beneficiaries
Books & Arts
Do leaders matter?
Mark Edele
15 November 2022
It depends, says historian Ian Kershaw
International
Modi and Morbi: a prime minister and a town
Robin Jeffrey
5 November 2022
With an election looming in his home state, Narendra Modi risks a disaster-induced setback
Books & Arts
Vision splendid
Patrick Mullins
4 November 2022
Frank Bongiorno’s new political history of Australia is as much about the spectators as the players
International
Making sense of Meloni
James Panichi
2 November 2022
Labelling Italy’s new prime minister a fascist misses the longer-term significance of her rise to power — and some shrewd decisions since she got the job
Essays & Reportage
Making up for lost time
Margaret Simons
1 November 2022
Penny Wong wants an Australia that’s more than just a supporting player in the grand drama of global geopolitics
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