The ALP's reluctance to co-operate with the Greens finds a stronger echo in the UK, where the electoral system makes cut-throat competition even more deadly.
Category: Australia
Death in Germany
Simon Crean was not a successful Labor leader, but he deserves more respect from the party than many whose record looks better on paper.
Righting the record in East Timor
East Timor is set for a new government. Meanwhile, a history of Australia's involvement sets the record straight on its route to independence.
Now for Warrandyte!
With another by-election on the horizon, Victoria's Liberal Party is confronted by the ghosts of its past.
The slow death of the Victorian Liberal Party
Victoria's Liberal Party is digging itself deeper into a pit of irrelevance as trust between its leader and his colleagues deteriorates further.
How close can a referendum get?
Australia seems to be having more close elections, or at least more uncertainty on election night. Could that extend to the Indigenous "Voice" referendum?
New South Wales wraps up
Final results from the New South Wales state election show that the new Labor government lacks a majority in both houses.
A lesson from Canada?
Justin Trudeau celebrates ten years in the Liberal leadership, as his party's Australian namesake grapples with its continuing crisis of identity.
Where now, Liberal Party?
It's not hard to identify the direction in which the Liberal Party needs to move. It's much harder to see any mechanism by which it is likely to.
PR for America?
Two American think-tanks advocate for the adoption of proportional representation as a way to cure some of the ills of the country's electoral system.
The World is Not Enough 