Australia and New Zealand both go to the polls on Saturday: one for a referendum that is set for certain defeat, and the other to pass judgement on its Labor government, whose prospects are not a lot better.
Category: Australia
Territory representation, referendum edition
State votes and territory votes in a referendum are not treated quite the same way. Does that matter?
Finally some good news for John Pesutto
The Victorian Liberal Party's mainstream wing lives to fight another day with a victory in the party's presidential race.
Ten years later
The tenth anniversary of Tony Abbott's election provides an occasion to consider his continuing influence.
OK, let’s talk about Qantas
Qantas's current troubles raise interesting questions about privatisation and corporate regulation.
Ticks and crosses
Don't use ticks or crosses to vote in the Voice referendum, if only because you'll upset the "no" campaigners.
Fifty years on, 25% off
Remembering some lessons from the Whitlam government's across-the-board tariff cut of 1973.
UK Labour fights over pluralism
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.
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.
The World is Not Enough 