National affairs
25 November 2018
Federal and state factors interacted yesterday, but not in the way you might think
National affairs
24 November 2018
Peter Brent’s election-day round-up
National affairs
23 November 2018
The Victorian premier is pinning his hopes on majority government — and the polls are encouraging
National affairs
16 November 2018
Labor is a clear favourite to win this month’s election. But minor parties and independents are also on the march
National affairs
2 November 2018
The polls aren’t looking good for Matthew Guy’s Liberals in Victoria
National affairs
6 August 2018
Some loss of seats seems likely this November, and minority government might be the best Labor can hope for
National affairs
10 May 2018
The prime minister and the Victorian premier are talking infrastructure after a long federal funding drought
National affairs
2 May 2018
Cautious in parts, extravagant in others, the Victorian budget is built on a boom
National affairs
28 March 2018
By the time a new lord mayor is elected in May, quite a few electors will have voted twice
Books & arts
27 March 2018
Books | How did the Victorian capital regain the “intensive urbanity” that made it Australia’s leading city in the 1890s?
National affairs
18 March 2018
Voters swung to Labor in Batman and South Australia, but with very different results
National affairs
16 March 2018
With third parties playing a big role, this weekend’s votes in Melbourne and South Australia are unusually hard to pick
National affairs
16 February 2018
A looming court case is further evidence of a deep divide within a once-powerful election-winning machine
National affairs
11 January 2018
Before he joined the Age, Ron Tandberg played a key role in Victorian teachers’ campaign for professional recognition
National affairs
11 December 2017
Dig a little deeper into the result of the Northcote by-election, and there’s hope yet for Labor in what was starting to look like Greens territory
National affairs
3 May 2017
The Victorian government needs to take a longer view in framing budget policy
National affairs
24 April 2017
Victoria could experience two shortlived governments in a row unless Labor can lift its performance in key areas
National affairs
6 March 2017
Forget what you’ve heard about infrastructure – it might be time to put the politics back in
National affairs
14 December 2015
The Victorian auditor-general’s criticism of the quality of bureaucratic advice on the contentious East West Link raises broader concerns about the public service, writes…
National affairs
5 May 2015
Victoria’s Labor treasurer might have echoed Tolstoy in his budget speech, writes Tim Colebatch, but the fine print doesn’t rise to the challenges facing the state
National affairs
4 May 2015
This week’s Victorian budget has passed up the opportunity to borrow at historically cheap rates to fund essential infrastructure, writes Tim Colebatch
National affairs
24 February 2015
Elections in Victoria and Queensland have caught the pollsters wrong-footed, writes Tim Colebatch. Are unexpected preference flows making Australian elections harder to predict?
National affairs
3 February 2015
Victoria’s upper house has a small but potentially influential contingent of micro-party MPs, writes Paul Rodan. Like its federal counterpart, the state government…
Books & arts
27 October 2014
Dick Hamer’s election as Victorian Liberal leader was a seachange in the state’s politics and culture, writes Judith Brett
National affairs
30 June 2014
Paul Rodan looks at Victoria’s stubborn tendency to vote Labor in state and federal elections
National affairs
14 March 2012
A major constitutional crisis was narrowly avoided in Victoria, write Alistair Harkness and Brian Costar, but its cause hasn’t gone away
National affairs
18 March 2011
New premiers in Victoria and New South Wales face very different challenges, writes Norman Abjorensen
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
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
Essays & reportage
22 March 2010
In Tasmania, Greens leader Nick McKim is pushing for Labor or the Liberals to strike a written agreement with his party in return for its support. Brian Costar and…