The Greens leader had a remarkable European tour earlier this year.

Election winners may be those who are economically left-wing but culturally on the right.

Government faces more challenges to its authority than at any time in recent memory.

Bottom-up economics may be their best hope.

An overly rigid curriculum can narrow education and demotivate teachers.

Australia’s compulsory savings scheme, by contrast, is more inequitable than it looks.

Rejecting the ‘government as household’ metaphor may be right in principle but wrong in communications.

The left cannot afford to either promise too little or, paradoxically, too much.

A clear rationale is needed, otherwise muddled thinking may eventuate.

We need to confront unacceptable worldviews, but listen to valid concerns.