Tasmania's Labor Party has refused to try to form government after Saturday's election, despite being better placed. The need to come to terms with coalition politics is getting more pressing.
Author: Charles Richardson
Election preview: Tasmania
Tasmania looks set for a fractured parliament and a minority government, but the voters could still have some surprises up their sleeves.
Little change in Brisbane
Voters for Brisbane city council decide to mostly stick with the status quo, but the omens aren't good for Labor at this year's state election.
Russia goes lower
Vladimir Putin's "re-election" confirms his country's gradual slide from flawed democracy to unvarnished dictatorship.
A Dutch government inches closer
The Netherlands' far-right leader gives up his bid to become prime minister as the price for gaining a pathway to power for his party.
Does it have to be this way?
The United States is officially set for a Biden vs Trump rematch, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will happen.
Bosnia joins the queue
Bosnia & Herzegovina is set to become the eighth country officially negotiating for accession to the European Union, but actual membership still seems a remote prospect.
A cliffhanger in Portugal
Portugal's centre-left does unexpectedly well as the far right makes major gains.
Election preview: Portugal
Portugal votes on Sunday in another early election, but its centre-left government looks unlikely to repeat its previous success.
Chasing the Dunkley myth
Last weekend's Dunkley by-election has thrown up some myths that are badly in need of deflating.
The World is Not Enough 