Books & arts
10 September 2013
Filling the knowledge gap will only take us so far in dealing with Australia’s leadership problems, writes Helena Liu
National affairs
10 September 2013
Despite the pundits, it won’t be business as usual under the Coalition, says Norman Abjorensen. But the Senate will determine much of the style and rate of change
National affairs
9 September 2013
Changes to how senators are elected would improve transparency, make voting easier, and stop parties with scarcely any support slipping into the Senate, says Brian Costar
Books & arts
6 September 2013
Scott Ewing reviews an indispensable guide to a world constantly being measured and surveyed
National affairs
4 September 2013
Labor’s response to the Coalition’s argument that it was profligate during the financial crisis has been disastrously inept, argues Peter Brent
Essays & reportage
3 September 2013
Kathy Marks visits Australia’s most-watched suburbs
National affairs
2 September 2013
Reef Rescue needs to focus on measures that really do improve water quality, says Amanda Cornwall. That means learning from other successful schemes
Books & arts
2 September 2013
It’s time for harder thinking about Labor’s strengths and weaknesses, says Frank Bongiorno
National affairs
29 August 2013
“Leadership” is seldom the key determinant of election results, writes Brian Costar. The mistaken belief has damaged both major parties
International
28 August 2013
Britain’s media coverage of Australia’s election is lively but limited, finds David Hayes
Essays & reportage
26 August 2013
In many ways the opposition has already won this election by shifting the political middle ground, writes Dennis Altman
Essays & reportage
23 August 2013
Political bloggers brought a new rigour to interpreting the polls
National affairs
21 August 2013
Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey think that New Zealand’s economic policies have worked well. They’re wrong, writes John Quiggin
Podcasts
20 August 2013
Peter Clarke talks to Fact Check presenter John Barron about the ABC’s newest project
Essays & reportage
20 August 2013
Has Labor’s campaign taken a fatal turn? History shows that divided control of campaign messages can be a disaster, writes Stephen Mills
National affairs
15 August 2013
Shareholders might be wise to worry about Rupert Murdoch’s “gifted tabloid editor,” writes Rodney Tiffen
Books & arts
15 August 2013
Does misogyny in politics reflect a deeper problem in the character of political debate, asks Jane Goodall
National affairs
14 August 2013
Wrong candidates get chosen for reasons that vary between parties big and small, writes Paul Rodan
National affairs
8 August 2013
Labor failed to take the opportunity to make historic changes to campaign finance disclosure, writes Brian Costar
National affairs
6 August 2013
The problems go back to 2007, writes Norman Abjorensen
Essays & reportage
29 July 2013
How much has changed over the past four decades, asks Dennis Altman in this extract from his new book, The End of the Homosexual?
25 July 2013
The scale of Britain’s problems leaves its party and electoral systems struggling to catch up, says David Hayes
Essays & reportage
5 July 2013
Germaine Greer’s advice to Julia Gillard to “get rid of those bloody jackets!” created a furore. But perhaps she was onto something
Essays & reportage
1 July 2013
Targeting marginal seats is nothing new in politics, but the gambling industry has shown it can work for lobby groups too. James Panichi pieces together the story
National affairs
27 June 2013
The leadership vote only underlines the fact that the Labor Party is more or less broken, writes Frank Bongiorno
National affairs
25 June 2013
They aren’t always right in the national capital, but they are this time, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs
17 June 2013
What we think about media regulation correlates strongly with what we read, write Ken Haley and Andrew Dodd
National affairs
7 June 2013
The federal government’s reforms of the temporary visa scheme deal with longstanding problems, writes Peter Mares, but there’s more to be done
Books & arts
6 June 2013
Should the Australian women’s movement have relied so much on government? Sara Dowse responds to Anne Summers’s The Misogyny Factor
National affairs
30 May 2013
By failing to consult adequately about its referendum on local government, the government has increased the likelihood it will fail, argues Gabrielle Appleby