May 2020
Bushfire-ravaged Eden-Monaro's candidates self-immolate
The Coalition appears to be doing its best to lose a byelection that could make political history.
December 2019
Australians want better tone to question time
A survey by a parliamentary committee has found that Australians want question time to be answer time.
November 2019
How politics fails the evidence test
A 'business case' approach to public decision making is smart politics.
June 2019
Federal election count finalised
Nationals candidate Anne Webster won the last seat to be finalised, Mallee in Victoria, on Liberal preferences. In all, only nine seats changed hands at the May 18 election.
May 2019
As money dries, Chinese Australians organise
Amid a crackdown on foreign political donations, Chinese Australians are making their voices heard through organised political activism.
In Adani country voters have had a 'gutful'
Support for "straight-talking" Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson runs deep in country Queensland, despite the scandals that have engulfed their parties.
'Sometimes it's all a bit surreal': on the campaign trail
To win the election, Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison follow calculated and stage managed road trips with the media following their every move.
When policy is child's play
Bill Shorten's childcare subsidies are designed to please an industry rather than use economic incentives to get women into work.
April 2019
Hanson to put Labor last in four key seats
Pauline Hanson has significantly lifted the Liberals' chances of retaining four seats, including Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton's Queensland seat of Dickson.
What Gladys Liu's misstep says about Chinese voters
A star candidate's allegedly homophobic remarks raise questions about the real and imagined voting preferences of Chinese-Australians.