November 1, 2017
A travesty of process
Politics
The same-sex marriage survey sets a dangerous precedent
Judith Brett
By this author
June 1, 2017
The new Forgotten People
Politics
The wider cost of Australia’s housing affordability crisis
August 1, 2017
He will never stop
Politics
Tony Abbott seems determined to wreck the clean energy target
October 7, 2016
Lessons from Deakin
blog
Alfred Deakin and the art of minority government
June 1, 2016
Turnbull’s frolic
Politics
Can Malcolm Turnbull survive on optimism alone?
December 1, 2015
Read about it
Culture
Deconstructing a decade in Frank Bongiorno’s ‘The Eighties’
April 1, 2015
The case for compromise
nation_reviewed
What modern politicians could learn from Alfred Deakin
November 1, 2014
One man, one vote
Australian Politics
As captain of Team Australia, Tony Abbott has plunged us into war without debate
August 1, 2014
Must we choose between climate-change action and freedom of speech?
nation_reviewed
The science is clear, but the way forward is not
April 1, 2014
James Brown’s ‘Anzac’s Long Shadow’
arts
Redback; $19.99
April 1, 2014
The triumphalism of Tony Abbott
Liberal Party
The Liberals' winner-takes-all political payback
February 1, 2014
Why climate change defeats our short-term thinking
Climate change
On science, religion, politics and ideology
October 1, 2013
Rudd the narcissist
Kevin Rudd
The 2013 election campaign came down to a contest between constancy and charisma, but Labor should have reined in its leader.