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Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 February 2015

Although a victory in the short term for Abbott, the narrow margin will only intensify doubts about his long-term prospects as party leader and as prime minister. The challenge…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 October 2017

This is a significant shift from the nine years of National Party-led governments which generally took a market-liberal line. The incoming government favours a more active…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 March 2023

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now focused on selling the agreement to Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The outcome…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 April 2024

Labour has indicated that, if elected, it would pursue closer regulatory alignment and deals on security and mobility with the EU. The party has denied reports it might consider…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 October 2015

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has resigned as leader of the Conservatives after his party took second place with 99 seats. The election results restore a degree of political…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 June 2018

There are some concerns about how well-developed PC policy and fiscal plans are. The left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) is now Ontario’s official opposition and has four years…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 November 2015

Conservatives have also pledged to support reforming the Senate as a non-partisan body and allow Trudeau to use his sizeable House of Commons majority to set policy without Senate…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 October 2020

In some ways Trump has been a traditional Republican president, lowering taxes and pushing deregulation. Yet he has taken trade and foreign policy in a new direction, with mixed…

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