With another by-election on the horizon, Victoria's Liberal Party is confronted by the ghosts of its past.
Category: Australia
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.
Aston recurs
Labor's historic victory in the Aston by-election has exposed some deep-seated problems in the opposition.
Narrow winner, big loser
Labor has won the New South Wales election, but its chance of a majority in its own right seems to be slipping away.
A lament for John Pesutto
Victoria's Liberal Party kneecaps its leader after he takes a stand against far-right influence in the party.
The World is Not Enough 