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International Not only did Harris lose… Peter Brent 18 November 2024 With the results near-final, what do we now know about the shifting preferences of American voters? Correspondents Historic gender ...

“Meritocracy” is one of the great taken-for-granteds of our times. When the Productivity Commission looked at social mobility rates recently it reported in tones of relief and pleasure that we’re ...

Essays & reportage Red pen on academic freedom? John Fitzgerald 21 September 2017 Australian universities need to guard against the possibility that collaborations with their Chinese peers could ...

With almost half the world’s population voting in national or Europe-wide elections during 2024, Time magazine declared it “the ultimate election year.” Now it’s almost over we can stand back and try ...

Essays & reportage People-watching in Port Moresby Gordon Peake 14 September 2024 Our correspondent reacquaints himself with the PNG capital, a place getting a lot more attention these days ...

Two narratives compete about public administration. One is captured by Georgetown University’s Dan Honig in his new book, Mission Driven Bureaucrats. It assumes government can make a positive ...

National affairs Crossbench 2025 Peter Brent 10 August 2024 How many independents and small party MPs can we expect in the House of Representatives after the next election? National affairs That ...