The soul-searching about the election result continues
Denis Lenihan Why the Government won Peter Lewis Historical revisions Tony Smith Can Labor win…More
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A brief history of my first time
A funny thing happened to the political commentators on 9 October. They had spent the…More
Why Labor lost
Ross Gittins (The Age Oct 13): ‘In the splendour of John Howard’s stunning victory, we…More
Fighting fear of the unknown
Over the past week I have read and heard all kinds of analysis about why…More
It's not just money families need
It is a week after an election that was strongly focussed on securing the ‘family…More
don't panic
Not since the red scare of the 1950s has a party that did so badly…More
Betraying our basic values
In the lead-up to the recent Federal election, I toyed with the idea of leaving…More
Cartoon journalism
In the election post mortems the media’s role as a participant in the process has…More
Facing the fact
In this week’s New York Review of Books Joan Didion brilliantly defines the New Normal…More
Appealing to self-interest
The long term national interest was not on the agenda of either party during the…More