National Affairs
14 May 2021
Why Anthony Albanese’s budget reply was fit for purpose
National Affairs
11 February 2021
History shows where Anthony Albanese’s IR push is likely to run into trouble
National Affairs
7 December 2020
Focusing on the outer suburbs could lead Labor into deep trouble
National Affairs
30 November 2020
Labor won’t win elections by targeting some groups at the expense of others
National Affairs
27 November 2020
Has the NSW Coalition provided a winning formula for Anthony Albanese and his colleagues?
National Affairs
18 November 2020
Covid-19 has rewarded some and disadvantaged others — but federal Labor faces the same old post-defeat pressures
National Affairs
16 November 2020
And that creates an opportunity for Labor
Summer season
14 November 2020
Behind Joel Fitzgibbon’s coal-fired resignation lies a decades-old battle
National Affairs
18 October 2020
Labor and the Greens have swept to victory in Canberra • New postscript 23 October
Essays & Reportage
2 October 2020
A former colleague recalls working with the reformist Labor minister
National Affairs
21 September 2020
Structural shifts mean that Labor’s primary vote is only part of the election-winning equation
Books & Arts
31 August 2020
Books | Must the best-laid plans fall victim to bad implementation?
Books & Arts
8 July 2020
Books | Internationally renowned Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe was also deeply involved in labour politics
Essays & Reportage
23 June 2020
What do Labor memoirs reveal about the 2010 leadership change?
National Affairs
18 June 2020
This week’s branch-stacking revelations highlight the sharp decline in philosophical differences among Labor’s factions
National Affairs
18 June 2020
The last time federal Labor intervened in Victoria, Gough Whitlam had his sights on The Lodge
National Affairs
3 June 2020
Labor’s chances of winning the closely watched seat have improved — but don’t bet your house on it
Books & Arts
2 June 2020
Books | A new book rescues two Labor prime ministers, James Scullin and John Curtin, from caricature
National Affairs
27 May 2020
Whatever Scott Morrison has in mind, it doesn’t sound a lot like the 1980s Labor–union agreement
Essays & Reportage
14 May 2020
Malcolm Turnbull spilled the beans on Kerry Packer’s secret plans for Fairfax back in 1991. So why are his memoirs so coy about this key episode?
National Affairs
6 May 2020
Kristina Keneally has confused an important debate
National Affairs
30 April 2020
It’s just one electorate, but it spells danger for Anthony Albanese
Books & Arts
6 April 2020
Books | The latest analysis of Labor’s defeat last May relies on all the wrong people
National Affairs
23 December 2019
The former premier’s reputation has been unfairly distorted by his opponents
National Affairs
20 November 2019
Longer-term voting patterns in the city’s western suburbs highlight the flaws in much post-election analysis
National Affairs
13 November 2019
Labor’s campaign review highlights how the party misjudged in the lead-up to the election
National Affairs
11 November 2019
Labor’s election review hasn’t quite nailed the party’s key problem
Books & Arts
10 November 2019
Books | An outsider’s view of the Labor Party’s problems calls for “a paradoxical politics”
Essays & Reportage
1 November 2019
A yearning for simpler policies from simpler times won’t win the next election
From the archive
18 October 2019
The popular Labor senator was fortunate in her biographer