Staying the course

After a quiet first term during which he was consistently criticised for not being bold enough on policy reform Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be wondering whether the bigger moves of Labor’s second term are worth it.

Albo 2025

Disciplined campaigning by the Labor machine, a confident personal performance by Anthony Albanese, and a woeful campaign by Peter Dutton have seen Labor increase their majority for a second term.

Will Albanese hang on?

The Albanese government has a fighting chance of winning the 2025 election, but will need to achieve in five weeks of campaigning what it hasn’t in three years in office.

How Labor can win

Labor seems well placed to win the election, with a safety first approach avoiding the hostages to fortune it offered the Coalition’s scare campaigns last time.

Victory, history and a pink recession: the highs and lows for women in 2020

Female leaders in Australian politics and public life has been more prominent and successful than ever before, but the pandemic set back a broad swathe of women at home and in work and education.