National affairs
9 November 2010
Norway has taken the lead in peacemaking and other international initiatives, writes John Langmore. Australia can learn from its example
4 November 2010
We’re all in this together, the British chancellor told the nation as he announced sweeping cuts in spending. Britons aren’t up in arms yet, writes Frank …
International
4 November 2010
This nation of 192 million people has plenty to celebrate, writes Zuleika Arashiro
4 November 2010
Identifying any common ground is almost impossible, writes Lesley Russell in Washington
National affairs
3 November 2010
Buybacks aren’t the only way to reduce the amount of water being taken out of the system, argues Brian Toohey
International
29 October 2010
Fox News isn’t only partisan – it’s now an active player within the Republican Party. The consequences could be serious, writes Rodney Tiffen
National affairs
28 October 2010
Joe Hockey is right – the banks are doing very well indeed. But reducing their power isn’t simple, writes Milind Sathye
International
27 October 2010
The cracks in the Italian government are growing wider, writes Geoff Andrews. But can the opposition rise to the challenge?
National affairs
22 October 2010
Barnaby Joyce praising Canberra? It’s a reminder of the mixed feelings evoked by the national capital, writes Norman Abjorensen
Books & arts
19 October 2010
In some ways, not much has changed over the past sixty years, writes John Cain
14 October 2010
Americans vote soon in mid-term elections that are partly a referendum on the presidency. Lesley Russell looks at why the Democrats seem to be struggling despite the…
National affairs
6 October 2010
The parliamentary debate on the war needs to face up to its costs and the lack of progress, writes Brian Toohey
National affairs
28 September 2010
Despite vast differences in the way elections are run in the US and Australia, we have one thing in common – allegations of voter fraud. But where is the evidence?
National affairs
24 September 2010
The figures are in: almost 3,252,000 eligible Australians didn’t cast a valid vote in last month’s election, write Brian Costar and Peter Browne
National affairs
22 September 2010
Labor is still deciding who will review its election performance and how far back they will go for clues as to why the party nearly lost. Rodney Tiffen starts the ball…
21 September 2010
Liam Weeks writes from Ireland, where as many as 40 per cent of governments have relied on the support of independents in parliament
Podcasts
16 September 2010
Neither the major parties nor the media coped well with the seventeen days of uncertainty after the election. Peter Clarke talks to Sophie Black and Brian …
National affairs
16 September 2010
Sometimes it’s a hard party to believe in. But Labor’s ledger has more black ink than red, writes Geoffrey Barker
15 September 2010
With the mid-term elections looming, Barack Obama is out of the Oval Office and back on the campaign trail, writes Lesley Russell
National affairs
10 September 2010
Every Australian state and territory has experienced a minority government over the past twenty years. And it’s a surprisingly strong field
National affairs
6 September 2010
It’s so far, so good, for Tasmania’s Greens-backed minority government, writes Kate Crowley
National affairs
3 September 2010
In Victoria, Steve Bracks’s minority government transformed a knife-edge win into electoral longevity and parliamentary reform, write Brian Costar and David Hayward
National affairs
3 September 2010
Minority government in South Australia produced a novel solution that challenged the way the Westminster system has worked in Australia, writes Norman Abjorensen
Essays & reportage
1 September 2010
The election campaign showed how we don’t seem able to have a rational debate about population, writes Peter Mares
National affairs
28 August 2010
A generation of independent MPs has quietly risen in state and federal parliaments. Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin look at their motivations, role and significance
National affairs
27 August 2010
The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported
National affairs
25 August 2010
In this interview with Terry Lane, first broadcast in 2002, the newly independent MP discusses why he joined the Nationals, and why he left
National affairs
23 August 2010
Broadband might have divided the major parties before the election, but there’s not going to be so much difference now, writes Jock Given
National affairs
23 August 2010
Old political records keep being broken by the participants in this extraordinary election, writes Rodney Tiffen
National affairs
19 August 2010
It’s the party that changed, rather than Victoria, writes Paul Strangio