Essays & Reportage
7 March 2024
A stalwart supporter of the Labor leader emerges from history’s shadows
National Affairs
27 January 2024
How the government can build on what’s been a good month
Books & Arts
8 September 2023
Doc Evatt may have won the battle over banning the Communist Party but Bob Menzies was the ultimate victor
Essays & Reportage
15 August 2023
How did Australia’s thirty-first PM make it to the Lodge?
National Affairs
11 August 2023
Morrison’s fall, the teals’ rise, Labor’s victory: the editors of a new post-election book survey the 2022 campaign
National Affairs
13 July 2023
History isn’t encouraging, but perhaps the government is playing a long game
National Affairs
28 June 2023
Still polling strongly, the prime minister might be pondering his predecessors’ experiences after their first year in office
National Affairs
1 June 2023
A premier chooses when to depart, with potential federal implications
National Affairs
24 April 2023
Steady-as-she-goes government is unequal to Australia’s challenges
Books & Arts
14 March 2023
Tanya Plibersek’s biographer makes the case for her “strength of understanding and coolness of judgement”
National Affairs
27 January 2023
Labor is riding high across Australia, and the Greens are doing better than most observers acknowledge. Where does that leave the Coalition?
Books & Arts
9 December 2022
Katharine Murphy’s latest Quarterly Essay probes where politics meets personality
Essays & Reportage
2 December 2022
A young Western Australian catches a glimpse of Gough in 1969
Essays & Reportage
2 December 2022
Beer and scuffles open The Making of an Australian Prime Minister, the classic account of the 1972 election
National Affairs
27 November 2022
Dan Andrews’s government has cause for celebration — and plenty on its plate
National Affairs
24 November 2022
Polls have inevitably tightened in Victoria, and the shape of the upper house continues to be anyone’s bet
Books & Arts
24 October 2022
Sumeyya Ilanbey has written a tough but fair-minded account of the high-handed premier
Essays & Reportage
20 September 2022
Forty years ago, another Labor government embarked on its first term in office
National Affairs
6 September 2022
One big, vital issue was missing from the Jobs and Skills Summit
National Affairs
7 December 2021
Many Newspoll respondents think Labor will win the next election. But is that good news for the opposition?
National Affairs
3 December 2021
Despite the pandemic, Labor and the Coalition are embracing policies from the past
National Affairs
5 November 2021
Pundits want Anthony Albanese to talk big. But is that the way Labor takes government?
National Affairs
22 September 2021
Female politicians are no longer rare, and the prospect of a female PM nowhere near as challenging. What seems to matter is how they get there
National Affairs
15 September 2021
Is Kristina Keneally’s arrival in Fowler a symptom of Labor’s fear of the electorate?
Essays & Reportage
31 August 2021
The former NSW premier’s time in office was dogged by allegations, but do they stand up?
National Affairs
16 August 2021
Neutralising Coalition fear campaigns isn’t enough. Anthony Albanese needs to evoke positive emotions too
National Affairs
10 August 2021
Labor’s capitulation on tax policy may help them regain government, but what then?
National Affairs
13 July 2021
We only find out what kind of PM a politician makes once they’re in office. But who’s most likely to get there?
National Affairs
10 June 2021
Yet again, NSW Labor pins its hopes on a change of leader
National Affairs
24 May 2021
Last held by Labor in 1910, Upper Hunter stays in the hands of the Nats after Saturday’s vote