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

Australian Labor Party (ALP) senator Doug Cameron summed up his eleven-year senate career with characteristic candor. “It all comes down to one thing: socialism,” he said. Cameron’s words — and the ...

Maverick MP Bob Katter has reflected on the power of independents in a minority government, taking credit for the ousting of former prime minister Julia Gillard during the 2013 Labor leadership spill.

The new politIcal donation laws will have a dramatic affect on how federal elections are funded in Australia. Could they ...

Australia complained to Beijing after a dangerous encounter with a Chinese fighter jet and sent a frigate to the Torres ...

The state of Western Australia has called an election, setting the stage for a final test for Australian Prime Minister ...

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

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

A former police officer and tourism operator will take on Father of the House Bob Katter in the looming federal election, ...

Terrorism and hate symbol offences will now carry a mandatory minimum sentence after the federal government passed new laws ...

Federal Labor has the same lessons to learn as Victorian Labor following two state by-elections, a former Victorian Labor ...

In the debate between supporting symbolic measures and practical steps for Indigenous Australians, it should not be a ...