Leaving aside media hysteria about the Australian Greens' leadership change, there's still a problem about transparency.
Category: Australia
How not to support minor parties
No-one knows if reform of Australia's strange Senate voting system will actually go ahead. Minor parties argue that it shouldn't. Here's why it should.
Election (and other news) updates
This week, updates from Israel, Australia, Estonia, Finland and Northern Cyprus.
Why not the Greens?
Malcolm Fraser's plan for a new political party runs into a fairly obvious objection: don't we already have a party representing the same positions?
Two Cold Warriors leave the scene
Gone in the same week, Malcolm Fraser and Lee Kuan Yew. Compare and contrast.
Is Queensland different?
Queensland swings dramatically back to Labor: will other states follow suit?
Update on freedom of speech
Fairfax publishes a prime example of how not to engage in the debate about racial vilification.
OK, let’s talk about free speech
It's human rights commissioners at twenty paces, as Australia argues about the meaning of free speech and the local implications of the massacre in Paris.
We’re back!
World blogging returns, with news from Greece, Japan, the US, Moldova, Tunisia and Hungary.
Lessons from Victoria
Some recent stories on the Victorian election contain lessons of more general relevance.
The World is Not Enough 