August 5, 2016 Stephen Morey, _La Trobe University_ The new Senate is representative of the wide range of views in Australia – and far more so than the House of Representatives. August 4,

2016 Zareh Ghazarian, _Monash University_ The Senate results suggest the Turnbull government will have to master the art of negotiation if it is to implement its policies. August 4, 2016

Michelle Grattan, _University of Canberra_ The election for the Senate hasn’t ended well. To have four senators from One Nation in the upper house is worse than unfortunate. August 4, 2016

Michelle Grattan, _University of Canberra_ Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has won four Senate seats – two, including Hanson’s, in Queensland, one in NSW and one in Western Australia. July 31,

_Monash University_ It’s a project that creates benefits for Melbourne’s western suburbs and the state as a whole. But the inner-city elite don’t like it and recent experience suggests their

opinion holds sway. July 20, 2016 John Hewson, _Australian National University_ The major parties seem to be having considerable difficulty drawing lessons from the recent election

campaign. Of course, there are many. The most obvious, but probably the most difficult for them to accept… July 19, 2016 Roland Wen, _UNSW Sydney_ and Richard Buckland, _UNSW Sydney_ The new

Senate vote capture system had to be built rapidly, with little time for design or testing, and is being operated in a way that allows only part of the process to be scrutinised. July 17,

2016 Maria O'Sullivan, _Monash University_ The key challenge for the returned Turnbull government is to formulate policies that present Australia as a good global citizen willing to

take its fair share of refugees. July 15, 2016 Graeme Orr, _The University of Queensland_ ‘Mediscare’, Brexit and the negative-gearing campaign have all demonstrated that it is time for

tighter regulation on truth in political advertising. July 15, 2016 Michelle Grattan, _University of Canberra_ __University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor Nicholas

Klomp and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics. July 13, 2016 Antony Ting, _University of Sydney_ The reelected Coalition government will be forced to confront

multinational tax avoidance more effectively or suffer the revenue problems. July 13, 2016 Nicholas Reece, _The University of Melbourne_ Labor’s ‘Mediscare’ is a reminder of just how potent

a well-developed and executed scare campaign can be in an electoral contest. July 13, 2016 Frank Jotzo, _Australian National University_ Malcolm Turnbull returns to the helm with a

wafer-thin majority and a significant element in his government who still oppose climate action - can he defy the odds and serve up some credible policy? July 13, 2016 Michelle Grattan,

_University of Canberra_ Malcolm Turnbull has publicly conceded the Nationals are entitled to two more ministers. July 13, 2016 Andrew Mycock, _University of Huddersfield_; Alan Tidwell,

_Georgetown University_; Grant Duncan, _Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University_, and Hangga Fathana, _Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta_ To understand how Australia’s

political uncertainty is being seen elsewhere, we reconvened our panel of experts from the UK, US, Indonesia and NZ to respond to the election results. July 13, 2016 Michelle Grattan,

_University of Canberra_ By increasing their numbers within the government, the Nationals were the surprise success story of the election, with a very locally focused campaign. July 13, 2016

Lorraine Finlay, _Murdoch University_ One Nation candidate Rod Culleton could win Western Australia’s final Senate position, but Section 44 of the Constitution suggests he is ineligible to

take his seat. July 12, 2016 Joseph Camilleri, _La Trobe University_ The problem confronting political parties is that the people in leadership positions are intellectually and emotionally

ill-equipped to grasp the complex transformation in human affairs now under way.