The way Governments provide social and affordable housing is in need of major reform or the system will eventually collapse.

- By Mark Arbib

Approaching the first anniversary of his election as Labour leader, a confident Ed Miliband tells Robert Philpot and Richard Angell from Progress in the United Kingdom, how he is occupying Britain’s new centreground and why he is following his own instincts.

- Article originally published in UK Magazine Progress

After 17 years as Leader of the Labor Party in South Australia and nine years and 230 days as Premier, Mike Rann resigned in October 2011. NSW Labor General Secretary Sam Dastyari asked Mike about his life in politics from the earliest days in England and New Zealand to the lessons he draws as one of the most successful State Premiers in Australian history.

- By Sam Dastyari, NSW General Secretary

Speak with economists. Many will acknowledge Wayne Swan’s excellent stewardship of the Australian economy through the Global Financial Crisis. It’s an achievement that recently earned him the title of Euromoney magazine’s Finance Minister of the Year.

- By Michael Wallace