When Sergio Leone made The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, he showed how flawed characters chasing the same prize could blunder their way into folly and missed opportunities.

Over the last few years I have had the privilege of making submissions and then appearing before parliamentary inquiries reviewing the conduct of the most recent federal election and the most recen…

European leaders are suddenly questioning whether America, under Donald Trump, remains their ally. Australia may have to confront the same question.

Yass Valley is one of many local councils staring down a budget black hole. It blames the federal government for cutting funding but it's likely ratepayers will be the ones slugged to balance the book...

Ben was joined by Shaun Ratcliff from Accent Research to discuss the state of play as the federal election year kicks off. They discuss the state of polling, including the MRP polls conducted by Sh…

British polling company YouGov published their first MRP report for the 2025 election cycle, becoming the second company to publish an MRP during this election cycle. For this post I wanted to run …

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