Election Interpreter 2016

Leaders' debate: Why the world did not intrude
Admittedly, it is crashingly boring for policy analysts to complain that their pet issue gets too little attention from our political leaders. But last night's leaders' debate was…
Greens foreign policy fails to apply the lessons of climate change
The Australian Greens have long staked their political credibility on being realists when it comes to the hard limits of the natural environment. An uncompromising defence of …
Is Trump sparking an election debate about the alliance?
Fairfax's Daniel Flitton today identifies four important areas of foreign policy difference between Labor and the Coalition: the East Timor boundary dispute, nuclear abolition,…
How the media reacted to Di Natale's Lowy Institute address
Yesterday Senator Richard Di Natale, the leader of the Australia Greens, addressed the Lowy Institute on foreign policy issues ranging from the impacts of climate change, the US…
Greens call for foreign policy debate
The leader of the Australian Greens Senator Richard Di Natale argues it's time to review the Australian US alliance and believes climate change is the biggest threat to national…
Why we won't hear much about trade in this campaign
In the United States, international trade is a hot-button political issue. Australia, on the other hand, is likely to get through the long election campaign with hardly a mention…
How the world sees Australia's election (part 1)
Well, it seems the initial foreign media coverage of the Australian election has picked up on the country's general feeling: the campaign is going to be long, big on rhetoric and…
Let's hope the next PM stays the distance
In the midst of this crowded political season, dominated naturally by the US presidential election and Brexit referendum in Britain, the international bandwidth left available for…
In 100 words: The most important issue of this campaign
We kick off our election coverage with short contributions from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign. Lowy…