A review of the big elections of the last year and the current state of the "populist" threat.
Category: Australia
One last word about Queensland
Let's have a final look at how One Nation influenced the Queensland election. It's not at all what certain pundits would have you believe.
Fascist soufflé doesn’t rise twice
Queensland's Liberal National Party finally concedes defeat. Labor's victory was less than fully convincing, but it was a major flop for One Nation.
Liberals confront Greens on two continents
Both German Liberals and Australian "Liberals" are finding their lives complicated by the need to work out some sort of relationship with the Greens.
Do we really have to go through this again?
So the Coalition no longer has a majority in the House of Representatives. Here's why that's no big deal.
A very quick election roundup
An occasional feature. This week, Czechia, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Australia and Catalonia.
Countries that love their immigrants
Australia scores well on a world survey of attitudes to immigrants, but the implications for political debate are not entirely clear.
Charlottesville
Some further thoughts on the moral catastrophe that is Trumpism.
Who’s afraid of Alfred Deakin?
Judith Brett argues that Malcolm Turnbull should have learned some lessons from Alfred Deakin, but perhaps the problem is that his opponents have already been learning them.
Election preview: Papua New Guinea
A chaotic election in Papua New Guinea represents, among other things, the failings of Australian colonialism.
