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Peter Browne

Peter Browne is editor of Inside Story.

Books & Arts Peter Browne 5 December 2017 Ken Inglis was not only a widely admired historian but also a gifted reporter and a sharp-eyed pioneer of press criticism
Books & Arts Peter Browne 9 November 2017 Over a long career, Sylvia Lawson was a prolific contributor to newspapers and magazines, including the pioneering Nation, and Inside Story National Affairs Peter Browne 1 November 2017 Australia’s offshore detention system hasn’t just been devastating for its victims, it’s also been bad for the Coalition and Labor Essays & Reportage Peter Browne 18 January 2016 Since he retired as prime minister in early 1966, Robert Menzies’s name has been synonomous with a long period of stability and prosperity. Does the legend match the facts?… National Affairs Peter Browne 14 July 2015 The Coalition has been fighting on the same terrain for nearly two years, writes Peter Browne, but it hasn’t shaken Labor’s lead in the polls
National Affairs Peter Browne 28 November 2014 The polls are showing how far the Coalition has drifted from the mainstream, writes Peter Browne. The problems go back to well before the May budget
Essays & Reportage Peter Browne 6 July 2014 By the time the first edition of the Australian hit the streets fifty years ago, a vital part of Rupert Murdoch’s strategy had already run into trouble, writes Peter Browne National Affairs Peter Browne 9 April 2014 The collateral damage is too great for policy-by-slogan to be sustainable, writes Peter Browne. The alternative can bring benefits for asylum seekers and for Australia National Affairs Peter Browne 24 December 2013 Like his recent predecessors, Tony Abbott came to office without a clear mandate, writes Peter Browne. That’s turned out to be bad politics and bad for the Liberal Party National Affairs Peter Browne 27 August 2012 Mark Latham’s private school funding policy is usually seen as an electoral minus for Labor, but the polls suggest otherwise, writes Peter Browne
National Affairs Peter Browne 16 December 2011 Rob Oakeshott still has a lot he wants to get done
National Affairs Peter Browne 2 September 2011 Labor can’t win against the Coalition in a contest to crack down on boat arrivals, writes Peter Browne. It’s time for a rethink Books & Arts Peter Browne 21 July 2011 Curbing News Limited's reach wouldn’t be simple, writes Peter Browne, but there are other ways to encourage diversity Correspondents Peter Browne 28 January 2011 Although it symbolises China’s embrace of the market economy, Shanghai is still very much shaped by the party and struggling to overcome entrenched corruption, writes… National Affairs Peter Browne 10 September 2010 Every Australian state and territory has experienced a minority government over the past twenty years. And it’s a surprisingly strong field
National Affairs Peter Browne 27 August 2010 The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported, writes Peter Browne
National Affairs Peter Browne 16 July 2010 People might have strong feelings about asylum seekers, but there’s no sign in the latest polls that harsher measures are a vote winner, writes Peter Browne National Affairs Peter Browne 6 July 2010 Labor power brokers persuaded Julia Gillard to toughen up on border protection because they believed the issue was damaging the party. But could the belief that boat arrivals… National Affairs Peter Browne 25 May 2010 Why did most of the media run dead on the Securency bribery story, asks Peter Browne International Peter Browne 19 January 2010 Labour looks like losing the British election, but will the Conservatives win, asks Peter Browne
International Peter Browne 14 January 2010 China’s decision to resist binding emissions targets at Copenhagen gives a glimpse of a country with big and sometimes conflicting plans for growth, trade and influence,…
National Affairs Peter Browne 5 December 2009 Could Latrobe Valley coal be creating a source of renewable energy? That’s one of the questions being explored in the Victorian Geothermal Assessment Report, writes… National Affairs Peter Browne 22 October 2009 A new OECD report adds to the evidence about why some countries are more “mobile” than others, writes Peter Browne International Peter Browne 23 September 2009 Economic mobility might be a “unifying and core tenet of the American Dream,” but the evidence suggests that the United States performs badly, writes Peter Browne International Peter Browne 6 August 2009 Five Melbourne men arrested this week were alleged to have links with the radical Somali organisation, al-Shabaab. Peter Browne looks at how international involvement in…
National Affairs Peter Browne 21 July 2009 The credit rating agencies were castigated for their role in the global financial crisis. But while Europe is toughening its regulations, the messages from the United States are… Books & Arts Peter Browne 2 April 2009 What price utopia? Peter Browne reviews two new memoirs and a reissued series of crime novels National Affairs Peter Browne 25 October 2008 The independent MP Peter Andren took a strong stand against John Howard on asylum seekers, and his vote went up at the next election, writes Peter Browne