Almost every presidential election since 1980 has had a double-digit gender gap. What do the polls suggest about next week’s?

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We had one mango, we cut it open and it was rotten,” a Colombo tuk-tuk driver remarked of Sri Lanka’s traditionally dominant political parties a few months before September’s presidential election.

New minister Jason Clare opted for adjustment rather than a rethink. Pending his own review, he delayed renegotiating the NSRA for twelve months. When it came, the “better and fairer schools” report ...

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National affairs Truth rears its ugly head Michael Maley 21 May 2024 We all want political advertising to be truthful. The devil is in the detail ...

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For much if not all of Australia’s history, the foreign ministry has been a place where over-talented cabinet colleagues and defeated leadership rivals can be parked in the hope they find the job an ...