Throughout the 2019 federal election campaign, The Conversation is running a series of articles examining the key political issues and policy debates arising each day, with analysis from experienced commentators and policy experts alike.
The links below will be added to daily as more of the series is posted online.
Week 1
- State of the states: Adani, economics and personality politics »
- The myth of ‘the Queensland voter’, Australia’s trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition »
Week 2
- View from The Hill: Can $55 million get Clive Palmer back into parliamentary game? »
- Discontent with Nationals in regional areas could spell trouble for Coalition at federal election »
- View from The Hill: Joyce could be facing waves at a judicial inquiry after the election »
- House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come »
- Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake »
- State of the states: Palmer’s preference deal and watergate woes »
Week 3
- Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families »
- Three weeks of early voting has a significant effect on democracy. Here’s why »
- The newest election faultline isn’t left versus right, it’s young versus old – and it’s hardening »
- A matter of (mis)trust: why this election is posing problems for the media »
- How much influence will independents and minor parties have this election? Please explain »
- Facebook videos, targeted texts and Clive Palmer memes: how digital advertising is shaping this election campaign »
- Now for the $55 million question: what does Clive Palmer actually want? »
- State of the states: more preference deals as pre-polling begins »
Week 4
- View from The Hill: Shorten presents the ‘case for change’ in sleek launch »
- Why Labor’s childcare policy is the biggest economic news of the election campaign »
- What are the major parties promising on health this election? »
- Look at me! Look at me! How image-conscious but visionless leaders have made for a dreary campaign »
- Constitutional reform made easy: how to achieve the Uluru statement and a First Nations voice »
- It’s hard to find out who Labor’s dividend imputation policy will hit, but it is possible, and it isn’t the poor »
- Carry-over credits and carbon offsets are hot topics this election – but what do they actually mean? »
- State of the states: will Whelan disendorsement make a difference in Tasmania? »
- Labor’s costings broadly check out. The days of black holes are behind us, thankfully »
Week 5
- After six years as opposition leader, history beckons Bill Shorten. Will the ‘drover’s dog’ have its day? »
- Against the odds, Scott Morrison wants to be returned as prime minister. But who the bloody hell is he? »
- Australia’s major parties’ climate policies side-by-side »
- That election promise. It will help first home buyers, but they better be cautious »
- The next government can usher in our fourth decade recession-free, but it will be dicey »
- Compare the pair: key policy offerings from Labor and the Coalition in the 2019 federal election »
- Beyond the dollars: what are the major parties really promising on education? »
- Transport promises for election 2019: the good, the bad and the downright ugly »
- Mineral wealth, Clive Palmer, and the corruption of Australian politics »
- Are independents part of a ‘green-left’ conspiracy? New research finds they are more the ‘sensible centre’ »
- How should I vote if I care about preventing the extinction of nature? »
- State of the states: odds on for a Labor win, but don’t bet on it »
Post-election
- Scott Morrison hails ‘miracle’ as Coalition snatches unexpected victory »
- State of the states: Queensland and Tasmania win it for the Coalition »
- Morrison has led the Coalition to a ‘miracle’ win, but how do they govern from here? »
- Key challenges for the re-elected Coalition government: our experts respond »
- Their biggest challenge? Avoiding a recession »
- Abbott’s loss in Warringah shows voters rejecting an out-of-touch candidate and a nasty style of politics »
- Minor parties perform well in federal election and reconfirm the power of preference deals »
- Labor’s election defeat reveals its continued inability to convince people it can make their lives better »
- Labor’s election loss was not a surprise if you take historical trends into account »
- View from The Hill: Should Labor jump to new generation leader – and Morrison steal some Shorten policies? »
- Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation »
- 3 lessons from behavioural economics Bill Shorten’s Labor Party forgot about »
- Where to now for unions and ‘change the rules’? »
- Why the 2019 election was more like 2004 than 1993 – and Labor has some reason to hope »
- How might Labor win in 2022? The answers can all be found in the lessons of 2019 »