This Month
Albanese to visit the Kokoda Track for Anzac Day
The prime minister and his PNG counterpart James Marape are expected to attend a dawn service at Isurava on April 25.
- Tom McIlroy
Chalmers reassures on cash supplies after Armaguard meeting
The government wants Armaguard, together with the banks and major retailers, to deal with the challenging economics of the cash distribution industry.
- Tom McIlroy and James Eyers
New governor-general Sam Mostyn and the battle for relevance
She will want to avoid the fate of Michael Jeffery - known as ‘Mr 2 per cent’ after a particularly brutal survey found just 2 per cent of the population knew who he was.
- Hannah Wootton and Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Opinion
At Yarralumla it’s not about the person. It’s about the institution
For 99.9 per cent of the time the governor-general is irrelevant to the lives of most Australians. But when they do matter, they matter very much.
- Jacob Greber
- Opinion
- Opinion
A governor-general from the Chairman’s Lounge
The PM is truer than he knows when he says Sam Mostyn represents modern Australia. It’s a nation of talkers, not doers.
- John Roskam
- Opinion
- The AFR View
A first governor-general from the business world
Sam Mostyn’s instinctive promotion of progressive cultural policies will now be cloaked in a vice regal role that should remain above politics and controversy.
- The AFR View
What to expect from the new governor-general, from those who know her
Praised for her integrity, empathy and roaring intellect, all those who have worked alongside Sam Mostyn, or seen her in action, expect great things when she starts her new role.
- Sally Patten, Hannah Wootton and Samantha Hutchinson
- Analysis
- Analysis
Sam Mostyn may face a constitutional crisis next year
Electoral and demographic trends could combine to force the new governor-general into a leading role in sorting out a post-election parliamentary deadlock.
- Andrew Clark
- Opinion
- Opinion
Albanese’s shrewd G-G choice won’t settle for cutting ribbons
Sam Mostyn is whip smart and is more than capable of using her role to bring attention to various causes as she sees them, in a non-confrontational manner.
- Phillip Coorey
‘I want to introduce myself’: Mostyn’s first speech as GG
Sam Mostyn, born in Canberra, rose from an army family to become a political and corporate power player. This is her story.
Sam Mostyn goes from boardroom to Yarralumla
Sam Mostyn has become the first significant business figure to be appointed to the role of governor-general, after a trailblazing career as a lawyer, director, AFL commissioner and equality activist.
- Tom McIlroy
Former Deloitte consultant emerges as Liberal candidate for Wentworth
The Liberal Party now has its likely candidate but party members and officials have mixed views of the Liberals’ chances of regaining Wentworth.
- Ronald Mizen and Samantha Hutchinson
March
Tammy Tyrrell goes solo, quits Jacqui Lambie Network
Senator Tyrrell made the shock resignation announcement late on Thursday, citing a rift between herself and party leader Jacqui Lambie.
- Ronald Mizen
Labor’s plan to win the next election is all about stability
The Prime Minister believes Labor must be seen as a safe pair of hands on the economy and national security. He will trumpet that Labor is the only party capable of forming majority government.
- Phillip Coorey
How migrants are changing the face of Australian politics
Aspirational migrants and their families will be the fastest growing demographic chunk of suburban Australia for at least the next two decades.
- John Black
- Analysis
- Perspective
The era of majority rule is ending. Here’s what happens next
An ethnically diverse society – less amenable to political labelling – is leading a profound shift from the old two-party divide towards European-style minority government.
- Andrew Clark
Oxford-educated renter brings Millennial edge to Kooyong battle
Amelia Hamer, 30, is the former finance professional blue-blood that hopes to win back Kooyong for the Liberals.
- Ronald Mizen
‘Legacy of fear’: government watchdog fires parting shot at Andrews
Victoria’s outgoing ombudsman Deborah Glass has warned about the ‘dangerous impact of creeping ‘politicisation’ on the state’s public service.
- Gus McCubbing
Lambie demands integrity measures, rethink on Tassie AFL stadium
The minor party founder and federal senator says transparency and integrity issues will dominate as Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff tries to form government.
- Tom McIlroy
- Explainer
- Explainers
Our most and least educated politicians, in six charts
We analysed the educational backgrounds of all 226 federal politicians in Australia – and found they aren’t particularly representative of the broader population.
- Cindy Yin and Julie Hare