- Dr Mark Triffitt
Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
A leadership merry-go-round that won’t stop
There are three reasons why Australia is in a cycle of rapidly-changing Prime Ministers, and chances are nothing will change after the 2016 Federal Election.
The outsider who is Hillary Clinton’s biggest threat
Bernie Sanders is tired of Washington's insider politics – the 'democratic socialist' is a big threat Hillary Clinton, says University of Melbourne expert.
Turnbull must break with past attempts to keep the future at bay
Malcolm Turnbull is promising a change in leadership style from Tony Abbott, but that alone won’t be enough to qualify as government for the 21st century.
Why politics today cannot give us the heroes we need
Campbell’s “hero” thesis may provide another guide to understanding public disillusionment with our current democratic system.