The states have gone that way, but fixed four-year federal terms are unlikely
Mar 28, 2016 01:34 am UTC| Politics Law
Queensland recently voted in favour of a move from non-fixed three-year parliamentary terms to a fixed four-year term for its Legislative Assembly. The yes vote won with a clear but not huge majority. Queensland is...
Trump: the pseudo-president in waiting
Mar 28, 2016 01:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trump, the bastard. Not only has he offended Muslims, Mexicans, women, the pope, his president, peaceful protesters at his increasingly fascist-style rallies, the residents of Brussels and reasonable opinion in...
Will voters' fear of terrorism propel Trump to the White House?
Mar 26, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The Islamic States bombing of an airport terminal and subway station in Brussels, Belgium on March 22 horrified the world. But Donald Trump saw a silver lining in the latest terrorist atrocity. During an interview a few...
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...
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...