This Month
Albanese looks into the abyss after No vote
Suburban battlers are weakening Albanese’s political capital and potentially derailing his grand ambition to keep Labor in power for a generation.
- Jacob Greber and Samantha Hutchinson
- Analysis
- Voice to parliament
Why referendums fail in ‘world champion’ Australia
Compulsory voting, corporate support and celebrity backing all work against getting referendums over the line.
- Michael Pelly
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Israel to cast a long shadow over PM’s Washington trip
The Middle East crisis is likely to dominate Anthony Albanese’s state visit to Washington, even as it opens another chapter in Australian-US strategic intimacy.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Dutton understands Labor voters better than Albanese
Coalition wins for the No vote from 2022 Labor two-party preferred voters were huge, and spread across what used to be safe ALP outer-suburban or provincial city seats.
- John Black
- Analysis
- Inflation
Michele Bullock’s million-dollar inflation question
The straight-talking new RBA governor is putting on her best poker face to condition people into believing prices will be brought under control. Will she succeed?
- John Kehoe
How Xi’s Belt and Road went from pet project to debt bomb
Ten years after its launch, Xi Jinping’s $1 trillion infrastructure project now boasts about 150 members and has made China the world’s largest creditor.
- Michael Smith
Why this Mid-East conflict poses a danger like no other
An explosion at a Gaza hospital this week has further inflamed the region, turning a brutal conflict into a high-stakes race to avoid a wider conflagration.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- NZ election
NZ Labour’s rout a warning for Australia
Labour haemorrhaged votes to the left and right. It was punished by voters who believed it had spent years in government focusing on side issues.
- Tom Rabe
- Analysis
- Voice to parliament
The inside story of the Voice campaign
Indigenous leaders such as Megan Davis have been on the hustings for six years and are now facing the prospect of a heavy defeat on Saturday.
- Michael Pelly
Israeli leadership stands at the edge of the abyss
Hamas’ chief motive was likely to carry out an operation so awful that it will inspire a hammer blow of revenge. The world awaits Israel’s response.
- James Curran
Hamas’ horror show galvanises the globe
The terror attack on southern Israel is reverberating beyond the Middle East.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
It’s finally time to decide on the Voice
A long fight for the Uluru Statement from the Heart will live or die when millions of Australians cast their vote. Polls suggest most people will vote against it.
- Tom McIlroy
‘Israel is disappointed’: China’s Middle East dilemma
The superpower’s reluctance to condemn Hamas has angered Israel and hurt Beijing’s efforts to be seen as an alternative peacemaker throughout the region.
- Michael Smith
Why voters are fed up in New Zealand
Support is set to swell for minor parties at the election on Saturday. Pundits say exasperation with Labour and a distrust of National are at the heart of the discontent.
- Tom Rabe
‘The capital is there.’ So what’s stalling the energy transition?
Problems around new transmission means Australia may fall short of its 2030 targets, but political will, capital and renewable resources remain strong drivers for the transition.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
‘No silver bullet’: Is the childcare system broken?
Childcare in Australia is among the most expensive in the OECD and government subsidies have increased. But operators don’t appear to be rolling in profits.
- Euan Black and Liam Walsh
Why middle Australia is leaning towards ‘No’
A growing group of outspoken people are angry at the Voice proposal and eager to see it rejected on October 14.
- Tom McIlroy
- Analysis
- Monetary policy
The RBA is betting against the world on interest rates
By lifting interest rates less aggressively than other central banks and pausing the cash rate at 4.1 per cent, the RBA is “playing with fire” on inflation.
- John Kehoe
- Analysis
- US election
Chaos on Capitol Hill: Why Washington’s problems have just begun
This week, the US House of Representatives made history by voting to remove Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It now needs to appoint another – and quickly.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Art
Michael Lewis on how Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX fell
The Moneyball writer’s account is among four new books to explore cryptocurrency’s boom and bust, its characters – and the ordinary people who lost so much.
- Brooke Masters
