Could the Coalition help One Nation win Farrar?

A decision by the Liberals and Nationals to direct preferences to One Nation could prove decisive in the Farrar by-election caused by the resignation of Sussan Lee and deliver the seat to the David Farley.

Why don’t voters like Albo?

The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese and the opposition is in disarray so why isn’t he more popular?

Reining in the NDIS

Sweeping reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme will cut 160,000 participants from the scheme over the next four years and reduce funding for the average plan by A$5,000 in half that time.

An art, not a science

Australian history shows lasting reform requires building coalitions, managing the stakeholders who can make or break your policies and having the knack of reading the moment correctly.

What do political think tanks do?

The revamping of the Green Party’s “Institute” prompts examination of what party think tanks do and their value to Australia’s party system.

Defending democracy

Despite the welcome defeat of Hungary’s Victor Orban, democracy is under threat and in decline around the world and Australia is not immune from the challenges it faces, so what can be done to revitalise its appeal?

An uncertain alliance

Australian hasn’t yet been seriously tested by the second Trump administration. If or when it is, regardless of which option Australia chooses, one thing is clear: there’s no going back to how the world used to be.

Chalk and cheese

The Liberals are losing voters to One Nation’s surge and have no strategy to reclaim urban seats lost to the teals, while One Nation is cannibalising the Nationals in rural seats, so can their new leaders work together to save their Coalition?

The gold standard?

Bob Hawke remains the longest serving and most successful Labor Prime Minister but a new book explores whether the Hawke government was really the ‘gold standard’ for reform?

Progressive or what?

To what extent are “progressive ideas” being translated into beneficial and lasting social, economic, cultural and environmental outcomes?

Markets on the front line

Markets are the frontlines of strategic competition and the foundation of Australia’s national power. We must therefore engage them with greater strategic clarity, sharper statecraft, and a stronger sense of national purpose.

Move fast and break government

The “prototyping” approach to product making in Silicon Valley, in which products are rushed out and amended on the fly rather than properly tested, has spread to the government sphere with potentially catastrophic consequences.