National affairs
20 December 2008
Kevin Rudd ends 2008 in good shape, writes Peter Brent. Does recent history help us predict what happens next?
National affairs
18 December 2008
Coalitions don’t work in opposition, so the federal Nationals would be better off going it alone, writes Norman Abjorensen
Books & arts
12 December 2008
Television | With few dissenting voices, The Howard Years was an unsurprising exercise in self-justification, writes Paul Strangio
National affairs
11 December 2008
With Malcolm Turnbull caught between his own party’s climate change sceptics and a popular government, don’t be surprised if Australia goes to the polls next year,…
Essays & reportage
10 December 2008
Liberal senator Marise Payne profiled
9 December 2008
What possessed senior police officers to raid the offices of a member of parliament without a warrant, asks Brian Costar in London
National affairs
3 December 2008
Wayne Swan isn’t the weak link the Coalition thinks he is, but Julie Bishop certainly is, writes Norman Abjorensen
National affairs
27 November 2008
The Howard Years interprets the Coalition government through the prism of the present
National affairs
26 November 2008
The contrast between the first terms of two governments – Howard’s and Rudd’s – looks like being vast, writes Norman Abjorensen
25 November 2008
Britain’s reaction to Obama’s win says a lot about the fears and hopes of America’s ally, writes Frank Bongiorno in London
National affairs
17 November 2008
Liberal leaders are given licence to create a party in their own image, writes Norman Abjorensen, and Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t see himself as an exception
International
10 November 2008
Apart from an unexpectedly strong performance by the Bill and Ben Party, the NZ election result more or less matched expectations, writes Norm Kelly
National affairs
25 October 2008
Independent MP Peter Andren opposed John Howard’s attack on asylum seekers, and his vote went up at the next election