In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

The Australian Senate has passed the Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2024.

Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs have been branded inside the US Congress as a “completely needless … insult” to ...

With the end of the three-year federal government term rapidly approaching, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could call an ...

Think tanks and universities have helped expose problematic Chinese business practices. Now, those businesses are accusing ...

New hate speech laws have passed the House of Representatives after the government agreed to introduce mandatory minimum ...

Meanwhile, the Liberals declared victory in the Prahran byelection, where former Administrative Appeals Tribunal member ...

Anthony Albanese says he and Donald Trump agree that an exemption on steel and aluminium tariffs is under consideration; the ...

A legal battle is brewing between Chinese companies and researchers who investigate human rights abuses. Lawsuits and threats of defamation are aimed at silencing those exposing forced labor and ...

US President Donald Trump has suggested America 'take over' Gaza to widespread condemnation, and China is bristly about the ...

PM Albanese’s government has approved measures in the House of Representatives that will create new and bolstered hate crime offences.

Clive Palmer has lost his High Court bid to re-register the United Australia Party for this year's federal election, meaning the party's candidates will not be identified with the UAP on ballot papers ...