Inside Story

International On trial for hacking: the story so far Rodney Tiffen 13 February 2014 It’s now the defence’s turn to put its case in the News International phone-hacking trial in London. Rodney Tiffen untangles the testimony to date Essays & reportage Labor’s Green opportunity Dennis Altman 13 February 2014 Labor’s combative relationship with the Greens reflects its failure to develop a genuine counter-narrative to the Coalition worldview, argues Dennis Altman International New York: where political finance never sleeps Graeme Orr 4 February 2014 The United States isn’t the obvious place to look for ideas about how to clean up political funding. But Graeme Orr found a New York agency that can teach us a lot… Essays & reportage Cold war, soft diplomacy Alan Fewster 14 January 2014 As the Cold War intensified in the mid fifties, Australia saw a special role for itself in disseminating information and propaganda in Southeast Asia, writes Alan Fewster

Books & arts The very heart of history Frank Bongiorno 15 November 2013 Three biographies reveal twentieth-century Australians in the thick of things, writes Frank Bongiorno National affairs A peace that passeth (almost) all understanding Frank Bongiorno 10 October 2013 The Labor leadership contest might have annoyed some factional warlords, but it’s helped the party to avoid messy post-election recriminations, writes Frank Bongiorno National affairs Where now for the Greens? Narelle Miragliotta and Robert Simms 8 October 2013 The Greens face some of the challenges that effectively killed the Democrats, write Narelle Miragliotta and Robert Simms. But important differences between the… Tony Abbott’s win attracted little interest among Beijingers. Does it matter? James Leibold 2 October 2013 The contrast with Kevin Rudd couldn’t be starker, yet the Anglophile PM might have a certain edge, writes James Leibold in Beijing

Essays & reportage From little margins, big margins grow Cambell Klose & Nick Haines 10 September 2013 The electorate of Indi has been changed forever, write Cambell Klose and Nick Haines from Cathy McGowan’s campaign Books & arts Better leaders, or better leadership? Helena Liu 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 Challenges for the Abbott agenda Norman Abjorensen 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 Now it’s urgent: why we need to simplify voting for the Senate Brian Costar 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