A striking moment in Australia’s election campaign came when David Speers asked the prime minister and the opposition leader if they trust the president of the...
It tells you something about the turmoil in the global economy caused by Donald Trump that the question on everyone’s lips as they arrived in Washington...
It’s accepted wisdom that incumbency counts in individual seats and forfeiting it has a cost. What’s less easy to quantify is precisely how much of a...
Log on to the AFL’s official match centre and you’ll find out not only what games are coming up but also the odds for each side...
We can imagine Beatrice Faust — sleek bobbed hair, slash of red lipstick, large sparkling intelligent eyes — delivering an address at the second Mary Owen...
Early voting has commenced, and by the end of the second day around 1.1 million Australian had already pre-polled. Others would have already sent in a...
In 1942, midway through the second world war, the artist Sidney Nolan was conscripted into the Australian army. Posted to the Wimmera in isolated northwest Victoria,...
The latest YouGov poll (11–15 April) has Labor on 53 per cent of the two-party vote, the latest Resolve poll (9–13 April) has Labor on 53.5...
Four months ago the Liberal Party of Canada looked headed for disaster. After nine years in government, the party was regularly polling below 20 per cent,...
The Labor Party email looked suspiciously like mischief. On 10 April national secretary Paul Erickson sent a dispatch to the party’s supporters suggesting new research showed...