New research shows Question Time has increasingly focused on the prime minister, raising questions about the ‘presidentialisation’ of Australian politics.
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Prime ministers aren’t lasting long in the job these days – and data shows that the UK is slipping on some measures of governance.
In the post-2008 world, the political climate is often determined by emotion rather than ideology.
Why do voters accept leaders who reach power without a vote? The answer lies in the psychology of legitimacy.
The UK system used to be held up as a model of stable government.
The rules allow for the governing party to change leader without going to the people.
UK prime ministers today are about as secure in their jobs as football managers.
Presidents and prime ministers are traveling more than their counterparts of a generation ago. And where they go tells us about global priorities.
Laws governing how the records of Australia’s political past are kept need to be overhauled.
Infamy, infamy everyone’s got it infamy. Truss’s book turns out to be great textbook on leadership.
Many still speculate about what George Canning would have achieved had he not died 119 days into his premiership.
The UK prime minister tendered his resignation after a slew of resignations by former allies in his government.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Geoff Kitney on a life in journalism and the contemporary media landscape
Michelle Grattan sits down with veteran journalist Geoff Kitney to discuss his career.
Australia has a rich modern history of former prime ministers writing memoirs, partly to exact revenge and partly to secure their legacy as they see it. A Bigger Picture fits into that tradition.
The United Kingdom does not have a written constitution or a specific plan for what to do if the prime minister is too ill to perform official duties.
New research shows how prime ministers typically frame national identity on Australia day: it’s largely male, heterosexual, white and lacking class distinctions.
100 years ago David Lloyd George was the name on everyone’s lips – so why has he largely been forgotten?
As Chequers places host to a crucial Brexit cabinet meeting, a look back at how British prime ministers repeatedly fell in love with their country home.
Wondering how the U.K. government can just decide to dissolve itself and call for a general election? As our expert explains, it’s not uncommon.
Boris Johnson, the man who led the Brexit campaign, has been appointed as the UK’s chief diplomat. It has sent shudders down many spines, but does Africa need to worry?
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Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, Australian Catholic University
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Australian Political Studies, University of Canberra
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Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Politics & Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Professor of International Affairs and the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic), Carleton University
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, University of the West of England
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Professor Emeritus, School of Government and International Relations; Adjunct Professor, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University
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Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University
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Reader in History (Education), University of Birmingham
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University
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Visiting Professor in Governance and Political History, University of South Wales