Analysis

Sometimes the only thing that will get noticed in an election campaign is an orange fish costume. Cameron Wheatley

Pretty pictures to help you understand Senate preference flows. 
Election Watch team

Now the Labor leadership question is resolved, let's talk about policy.
Helen Sullivan

While Kevin Rudd's advice about shaving in a hurry might seem a little banal, his political strategy is not.
Andrea Carson

Issues of corruption within the Australian Labor Party could extend beyond a group of "rotten apple" individuals
Ryan Sheales

Is the Coalition's Direct Action Plan properly costed? 
Katherine Lake

How much will the 'PNG Solution' cost? Do people smugglers really have a "business model". Are many asylum seekers "economic refugees"?
Alice He

The Coalition has released its election policy costings just two days before voters go to the polls. Read them all here.

The 2013 election campaign was a policy vacuum.
Barry Jones

The mainstream media needs to change the way it reports politics.
Margaret Simons

Swinging voters are a particularly volatile part of the electorate. 
Sally Young

Australians will go to the polls on September 7, after what promises to be a bruising five week election campaign.
Cathy Harper

Why is Australia's company tax base being eroded?
Professor Miranda Stewart

Putting the Coalition’s much anticipated schools policy under the microscope. (A.K.A.: What are independent public schools?)
Bronwyn Hinz

A perspective on the disengagement of young people in Australia and the US. Sandra Silea

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