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
Books & arts
23 May 2013
Frank Bongiorno reviews Nick Cater’s The Lucky Culture
National affairs
23 May 2013
In uncertain economic times, South Australia has found a few niches but is looking for more, writes Robert Milliken
National affairs
22 May 2013
Europe’s carbon pricing woes cast further doubt on the credibility of Australia’s scheme and on Treasury’s forecasts of the revenue it will reap for the budget
Essays & reportage
9 May 2013
The NT government’s abolition of the Banned Drinkers Register has divided opinion in Central Australia, writes Eleanor Hogan
Books & arts
18 April 2013
Rome’s greatest orator has a message for the current generation of political leaders, says Brett Evans
National affairs
7 March 2013
Do all Labor voters prefer the Greens to the Liberals? Do National Party voters opt for the Liberals if their own party isn’t running? What evidence we have suggests the…
From the archive
1 March 2013
When politicians start invading their own privacy, it’s not surprising that the media follow their lead
National affairs
5 February 2013
Julia Gillard’s press club speech gave an insight into how Labor sees itself governing an anxious country in uncertain times, writes Frank Bongiorno
National affairs
31 January 2013
For more than a quarter of a century, short election campaigns have been the norm, writes Norman Abjorensen. Julia Gillard’s announcement recalls longer, and…
From the archive
19 December 2012
What happened when journalist Peter Coleman assembled a star-studded group of writers in 1962 to rethink the way intellectuals viewed Australia?
Essays & reportage
11 December 2012
In this edited version of a recent Dunstan Foundation lecture, Dennis Altman looks at forty years of gay liberation and the work still to be done
Essays & reportage
29 November 2012
Not only was the 1972 election a watershed for Labor, it also created the modern political campaign
National affairs
7 November 2012
If it’s true that a country gets the politicians it deserves, then Australia is in a bad way, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs
28 October 2012
Two key figures in the postwar development of the Labor Party never met, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs
17 October 2012
Are the intriguing revelations from the notebooks of Paul Hasluck part of a larger trove, asks Paul Rodan
Books & arts
8 October 2012
A sympathetic biography of Gough Whitlam also recognises its subject’s shortcomings
Books & arts
2 October 2012
Books | The political and the personal illuminate each other in James Button’s fine account of a year in Canberra
National affairs
4 September 2012
It looks likely that the Greens will still hold the balance of power in the Senate after the next election. Norman Abjorensen looks at the numbers and asks: how would…
International
29 August 2012
What would a Romney presidency mean for Australia, asks Dennis Altman
National affairs
27 August 2012
Mark Latham’s school funding policy was seen as an electoral minus for Labor. The polls disagree
National affairs
20 August 2012
The federal government has taken the risky punt that bad policies can achieve good results, argues Savitri Taylor in this analysis of the report of the expert panel on…
National affairs
14 August 2012
This independent MP rose from thirty-year-old Armidale councillor to NSW parliamentary speaker. Now he plans to take on Tony Windsor for the Nationals. Frank …
Retrospective
9 August 2012
Reports of Labor’s death are grossly exaggerated
Books & arts
3 August 2012
Andrew Ford looks at how music has been the target of political and religious fundamentalists
International
10 July 2012
It’s a year since News Corporation’s cover-up of phone-hacking in Britain began to unravel. Rodney Tiffen takes stock of the damage so far, assesses the News…
National affairs
2 July 2012
An emotional parliamentary debate failed to come to grips with why people move and why we sometimes worry about it, writes Klaus Neumann
Books & arts
28 June 2012
Ian McShane reviews Henry Reynolds’s new history of his home state
National affairs
28 June 2012
Market liberalism has defined the past three decades, writes John Quiggin, and George Megalogenis provides a valuable guide
Books & arts
12 June 2012
Norman Abjorensen reviews Mungo MacCallum’s The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia’s Prime Ministers