Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold
In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...
Tariffs ‘insult to people of Australia’: US congressman
Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs have been branded inside the US Congress as a “completely needless … insult” to ...
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Australia passes Future Made in Australia production tax incentive
The Australian Senate has passed the Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2024.
When is the next Australian federal election in 2025?
With the end of the three-year federal government term rapidly approaching, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could call an ...
Chinese Companies’ New Tactic to Stop Damaging Research: Legal Threats
Think tanks and universities have helped expose problematic Chinese business practices. Now, those businesses are accusing ...
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Australia's new hate speech laws pass House, mandatory minimum sentences
New hate speech laws have passed the House of Representatives after the government agreed to introduce mandatory minimum ...
Australia news LIVE: Federal Labor downplays Victorian byelection results; Closing the Gap report finds only five targets on track
Meanwhile, the Liberals declared victory in the Prahran byelection, where former Administrative Appeals Tribunal member ...
Trump considering tariff exemption: Albanese
Anthony Albanese says he and Donald Trump agree that an exemption on steel and aluminium tariffs is under consideration; the ...
In the fight against antisemitism, are new hate crime laws largely 'symbolic'?
The federal government is facing calls to crack down further on hate speech as it debates new hate crime laws. But one expert ...
As it happened: House votes to condemn antisemitism; Treasurer accused of politicising public service to attack Coalition
She apologised on Sunday after revelations she sent a driver on a 446-kilometre round-trip from Sydney to chauffeur her and a ...
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Chinese brands use legal threats to stop damaging research
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 ...
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Australia’s Population Has Grown, But Its House of Representatives Hasn’t
Since the last election in 2022, Australia’s population has increased by about 1.5 million people. Yet curiously the House of Representatives will be losing a seat in the next election ...