2016 Brussels Bombings

Belgium has divided and decentralized itself almost out of existence

Mar 26, 2016 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Only days after the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, one of the Belgian-based organizers of the Paris attacks in November 2015, Brussels was rocked by two suicide attacks that killed more than 30 people and injured more than...

US Election Series

How the legacies of the Tea Party and Occupy are shaping the 2016 race

Mar 25, 2016 01:33 am UTC| Politics

As they continue to tear up their respective parties, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are tapping into rich veins of anti-establishment fury. And while theyve managed to create movements of a force not seen at the ballot...

Four decades after coup, people power is driving change in Argentina

Mar 25, 2016 01:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The visit to Argentina by US president Barack Obama on the 40th anniversary of the coup in which the now-infamous military Junta seized power has opened up a lot of barely healed wounds. The families of more than 30,000...

Coalition gains in Newspoll, but Turnbull's rating negative for first time

Mar 24, 2016 23:53 pm UTC| Politics

On Monday, Turnbull announced that Parliament would be recalled on the 18 April so that the Senate could debate and vote on the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) bill. If the Senate refuses to debate...

A long election campaign is not necessarily a big risk for Turnbull

Mar 24, 2016 00:17 am UTC| Politics

There is a saying in boxing that you should never telegraph your punches if you can help it. Former prime minister Tony Abbott was a boxer in his youth, but it appears that current leader Malcolm Turnbull never pulled on...

Budget explainer: why the federal budget falls in May

Mar 24, 2016 00:15 am UTC| Politics Economy

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbulls decision to bring forward the 2016 budget statement by one week to May 3 paves the way for the passing of supply bills, in case an election is called on May 11. The normal budget date...

What is Turnbull’s take on foreign policy?

Mar 24, 2016 00:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

For anyone who has been following Malcolm Turnbulls progress as prime minister, his much-anticipated speech to the Lowy Institute contained few real surprises, other that the fact that it was inevitably preceded by an...