February
Auction houses target Asian art, farewell market stalwarts
Two auction houses are investing in their Asian art expertise, and the industry is mourning three deaths in the art market family.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
November 2023
‘The steel rod in Bob’s back’: tributes flow for Helena Carr
Luminaries including former prime ministers and premiers paid tribute to former NSW premier Bob Carr’s wife at the funeral of the businesswoman and a natural peacemaker.
- Samantha Hutchinson
September 2023
- Opinion
- Defence
Tough choices loom as AUKUS uncertainty grows
The right, figures in the Labor Party and a leading strategic analyst are questioning the alliance’s political and defence viability as the Trump factor looms larger.
- Andrew Clark
August 2023
The ABC’s star investigative reporter packs her things
Caro Meldrum-Hanna’s office at Four Corners has been cleaned out.
- Mark Di Stefano
June 2023
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
Labor’s internal dissent over AUKUS is building
The Albanese government’s embrace of the AUKUS security pact faces a second internal rejection in as many weeks with the Victorian branch of the Labor Party poised to condemn it on multiple fronts.
- Phillip Coorey
April 2023
- Analysis
- Government Observed
The risks (and rewards) of Minns’ public service shake-up
The new Labor government’s redesign of ministries marks a decisive shift back to a more centralised flatter structure, but there are still risks to navigate.
- Tom Burton
January 2023
Defiant Perrottet fires back after Carr attack
Premier says he will not be lectured to by Bob Carr and takes aim at the former Labor leader for allowing the number of poker machines in NSW to soar during his term.
- Samantha Hutchinson
November 2021
Larger than life media figure Trevor Kennedy dies
He was a commanding presence, with disarming charm, shrewd judgment, personal generosity, earthy wit, and a rare capacity to get to the nub of complex issues
- Andrew Clark
November 2020
Biden will be more nuanced on China: Bob Carr
Former foreign ministers Julie Bishop and Bob Carr say Joe Biden is a leader who values personal connections.
- Andrew Tillett
September 2020
- Opinion
- Australia's China challenge
Five dangerous myths in Australia's relations with China
This is not just a problem of over-heated rhetoric or a cycle of tit-for-tat. China is playing an entirely different game from us.
- Rory Medcalf
August 2020
Australia stumbles into an independent foreign policy
With the world still reeling from the pandemic and US-China relations plumbing new lows every week, Australia has been forced to forge its own path.
- Andrew Clark
June 2020
How Jeff Kennett helped save the GST
Rob Lucas, the last political survivor of the GST era, said "it was Kennett and Stockdale who got it through".
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Somyurek scandal
Victorian scandal makes Albo's difficult task impossible
Anthony Albanese has been trying to establish himself as leader of a party focused on the community rather than its own internal convulsions and factional warfare. Then the branch stacking allegations emerged.
- Updated
- Jennifer Hewett
February 2020
- Opinion
- China relations
There's more to China debate than lackeys versus stooges
Dividing researchers into Beijing or Washington camps is needless insinuation that would cost Australia a lot of valuable knowledge.
- James Laurenceson
The think tank behind Australia's changing view of China
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has played a central role in the breakdown of consensus on Beijing. Its critics accuse it of fomenting hysteria.
- Myriam Robin
April 2019
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Canberra's infrastructure binge usurping states
Former WA Premier Colin Barnett says the Morrison government's plan to build railway station car parks is blurring the lines of constitutional responsibility.
- Andrew Tillett
