Rationalising federal–state relations could make governments less not more accountable, argues Anthony Sibillin.

Most coverage of the home insulation controversy ignored history and avoided simple mathematics, writes Rodney Tiffen.

Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim is pushing for a written agreement in return for party support. In Inside Story, Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin look at the precedents FROM THE mid-1980s, with the growing number and influence of independent and small-party MPs in Australian parliaments, an important new ingredient emerged in state and territory politics...

Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations, writes Dean Ashenden.

The Coalition’s focus on debt could easily backfire, argues Peter Brent.