Coalition insiders say supporters of small right-wing parties will overwhelmingly preference the Libs and the Nats. They’re wrong ...

Essays & reportage If you want to fix America, fix Detroit Don Watson 25 September 2024 Once a symbol of greatness, the city’s uneven decline mirrors the national malaise ...

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America played a less destructive role than feared at last week’s spring meetings of the World Bank and the IMF ...

Another big-time loser “Andrew,” says “the devil is in your hand” — a reference to his mobile phone. “There have always been Americans driven to ruin by gambling,” writes Cohen. “But never have so ...

Retirements by longstanding MPs are adding to the election campaign’s complexity as it heads into its final week ...

National affairs Breaking the mould John Phillimore 17 February 2025 Labor seems set for another record-breaking win at next month’s Western Australian election ...

Books & arts A love gone wrong Brett Evans 20 December 2023 Diplomat, adventurer, politician, podcaster: the instructive life of Rory Stewart, One Nation Tory Essays & reportage The battle for Hume ...

We can imagine Beatrice Faust — sleek bobbed hair, slash of red lipstick, large sparkling intelligent eyes — delivering an address at the second Mary Owen dinner in Melbourne in 1987. Hundreds of ...