Rachel Withers

Freelance writer

Australia

Rachel Withers is a Melbourne-based writer and commentator who spends an unfortunate amount of her time thinking about politics and how it is reported on.

Rachel has freelanced for Slate, Vox, Crikey, The Saturday Paper and The Monthly, and previously spent three years writing the latter's daily newsletter, The Politics, offering in-depth analysis of the day’s events. In 2021 she was awarded Mumbrella’s “Columnist of the Year” award for providing bold new perspectives on the assault and harassment allegations that rocked federal parliament.

Portfolio
The Monthly
Daily columns

Click here to see all my Monthly columns, going back to February 2021

The Monthly (essay)
07/01/2023
The colour of money

Are the teals, representing some of the nation’s wealthiest electorates, our best hope for addressing inequality?

The Monthly (daily column)
03/04/2021
If he did it

Just imagine for a second…’

The Monthly (Essay)
04/30/2021
From Abbott to Zumbo

A short history of the Coalition’s ‘women problem’