Australians must speak up,or the key issues will be overlooked
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Opinion

Australians must speak up,or the key issues will be overlooked

In these troubling times,we need to raise the standard of public debate.

  • byChris Wallace

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Pollsters,beware polite voters. They can turn in the booth

Pollsters,beware polite voters. They can turn in the booth

There is much at stake in this election for the opinion pollsters who got it so spectacularly wrong last time.

  • byMichael Yabsley
Australia’s five biggest worries in 2021

Australia’s five biggest worries in 2021

The coronavirus,especially infection rates,restrictions and economic disruptions,shaped what Australians most worried about.

  • byMatt Wade
NSW Labor Party fails to cut through to voters
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NSW Votes

NSW Labor Party fails to cut through to voters

The pandemic has favoured incumbent politicians around the country and that seems especially true in NSW.

  • The Herald's View
Here in Madrid,the view of Australia's tricky tactics is not pretty

Here in Madrid,the view of Australia's tricky tactics is not pretty

Australia will fight to stop a ban on using an accounting trick to boost its climate change credentials but the diplomatic cost will be high.

  • byFrank Jotzo
Suffer the perpetrator:Pell and the twisted inversion of victimhood

Suffer the perpetrator:Pell and the twisted inversion of victimhood

Conservatives are supposed to be champions of the rule of law. Not this time.

  • byTim Soutphommasane
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Echoes of Iraq:why Australia shouldn't be joining US action against Iran

Echoes of Iraq:why Australia shouldn't be joining US action against Iran

A former Australian Defence Department secretary warns that US administration officials are itching for a military conflict - and we should stay out of it.

  • byPaul Barratt
'Embarrassed'pollster ripped up poll that showed Labor losing election

'Embarrassed'pollster ripped up poll that showed Labor losing election

The actions form part of a phenomenon known as"herding"wherein pollsters massage results to more closely match their rivals.

  • byMichael Koziol
Time to stop polling and start listening:why we got election so wrong

Time to stop polling and start listening:why we got election so wrong

A leading social researcher admits she got it wrong. So did many others,including in the Coalition. What do we learn from it?

  • byRebecca Huntley
The 10 things that worry voters most - and how that's changed since the last election

The 10 things that worry voters most - and how that's changed since the last election

Worry about the environment is on the rise but a new poll shows healthcare is top of mind for voters as the federal election looms

  • byMatt Wade