Broadband might have divided the major parties before the election, but there's not going to be so much difference now, writes Jock Given.

Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin look at the motivations, role and significance of Australian independent MPs.

The parties are making promises like there’s no tomorrow and policy like there’s no yesterday, writes Klaus Neumann.

The Coalition thinks wireless is the answer for Australian broadband. In Inside Story, Jock Given remembers an earlier moment when wires-without-wires had their day.

GetUp! has scored an unexpected victory in the High Court, giving an extra 100,000 people a chance to vote on 21 August and opening up the debate about the right to vote, writes Graeme Orr.