In huffing and puffing over renewables while denying the measurable costs of nuclear generation, the Coalition is digging in with the politics of relentless opportunism

As adversity increases and polarisation reasserts itself as the national default, everything gets harder for the incumbents

Anthony Albanese’s success in pushing ahead on NDIS reform is a triumph of hope over experience. Can Peter Dutton rise to the occasion?

Dutton’s polarising political theatre rates in the modern engagement economy, but governing? Not so much

The existential battle against global heating requires connecting science, politics and community life, often much harder than it looks

Australia is not a player in Middle East politics – but the domestic fallout from the conflict has significant implications for social cohesion

In an international landscape that is fluid and dangerous, the PM knows relationship-building could be the key to global stability

Labor hopes the energy transition can propel the government out of its post-referendum malaise. But given Australia’s rancid history, there are risks

Bridget Archer was cast as an apologist for child sexual abusers, while horrors in the Middle East prompted absurd claims

From geopolitics to the voice the Liberal leader is a political fabulist, dishing up provocations to get voters’ attention and using a deadly crisis to monster foesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

Anger and aggression in rightwing politics is now a multinational enterprise, and the opposition leader heads the local charge

After the voice referendum on 14 October, an act of leadership will be needed to knit the country back together

The government has hit major headwinds and it’s unclear who might provide the motivation for a change in direction

The fracas in the wake of comments by Marcia Langton suggests a necessary conversation – led by people with lived experience – is still out of bounds

Voters have been more aspirational during Albanese government’s first term, but economic conditions mean they’ve switched their focus to the here-and-now

Since I’ve been away, the PM has developed a clearer pitch on the Indigenous voice. But Peter Dutton is flooding the zone with shit as a means of obscuring the truth

The former minister’s casual abdication of responsibility risks a culture where our politicians are no longer able to defend the public interest

If we can’t agree that generous tax concessions provide benefits to people who really don’t need help, while depriving the budget of funds for things we all need, things are really cooked

Key people are talking but there’s frustration in both camps. The weeks ahead will require maturity and dexterity

Knowing a byelection would be coming the Liberals arrived back from holidays armed with a question crafted for the mortgage belt: why does everything cost more under Labor?