Despite the advent of Malcolm Turnbull, the Liberal Party's war against modernity has continued – as shown in its strange obsession with the Greens.
Category: Political issues
A three-party America?
The Libertarian Party has hopes of becoming something like a mainstream European-style liberal party. But it needs to come to terms with the fact that plenty of liberals are happy enough as Clinton Democrats.
Three weeks and counting
With three weeks to go until the "Brexit" referendum, the polls are pointing to a close result.
Talking about realignment
Could the Republican Party become the party of the old-fashioned welfare state while the Democrats become the party of free enterprise?
Flag games in America
As if it didn't have enough problems already, America's Republican Party is split over display of the rebel flag.
High Court loses its patience
The High Court expends little energy in disposing of the constitutional argument against Senate voting reform.
Election preview: Serbia
Serbia's government seeks a fresh mandate tonight and is likely to get it, but it's not clear whether that will do anything to speed up its admission to the European Union.
Queensland government disgraces itself
Queensland's Labor government has turned the clock back to compulsory preferential voting in the pursuit of short-term electoral advantage.
Why local government isn’t local
The Baird government in New South Wales says that taking the "local" out of local government will lead to improved efficiency. Is there any reason to think that's true?
Justice for genocide
Radovan Karadžić, unsurprisingly, is convicted of war crimes. Why do we bother?