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National affairs Poll position Peter Brent 31 May 2024 One of Australia’s pollsters got very close to the actual result in 2022. Can they do it again? National affairs That fickle budget bounce Peter Brent 17 May 2024 All eyes will be on the next round of opinion polls. But it’s the ones that come later that count National affairs For whom the pendulum swings Peter Brent 3 May 2024 The job of Liberal leader once swung from the party’s left to its right. But a lot has changed in recent years Essays & reportage Nuclear power, Newspoll and the nuances of polled opinion Murray Goot 12 March 2024 Is the Australian’s polling and commentary doing the opposition any favours?

National affairs How far will level-headedness take Anthony Albanese? Peter Brent 28 June 2023 Still polling strongly, the prime minister might be pondering his predecessors’ experiences after their first year in office Essays & reportage “Undecided” on the Voice Murray Goot 20 June 2023 Depending on the choices pollsters offer, the undecideds range all the way from none to two-thirds of respondents National affairs Losing ground? Murray Goot 9 June 2023 Support for the Voice may not have dropped as much as the latest Newspoll suggests National affairs Reading elections backwards Peter Brent 9 May 2023 The Australian Election Study is hamstrung by some worrying choices

National affairs Is the Covid effect fading? Peter Brent 7 May 2021 Is last weekend’s win for Tasmania’s Liberals good news for Scott Morrison? National affairs Polling’s least-worst option Peter Brent 3 May 2021 The Nine papers’ well-intentioned attempt to improve coverage of political polls could have the opposite effect National affairs Labor’s Achilles heel Peter Brent 23 April 2021 Scott Morrison’s reputation for campaigning prowess could work in Labor’s favour at the next election, but the economy will trump all else National affairs Borrowed time Rodney Tiffen 19 March 2021 Trigger-happy state opposition MPs seem set on repeating the mistakes of the past