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

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

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

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

Even our lamb ads portray a fraying of national cohesion. From antisemitic terror to political polarisation, we’re not as relaxed as we like to imagine.

Nuclear engineer and former Miss America Grace Stanke has entered the fierce debate in Australia over its future energy ...

A loophole in the Electoral Act means it’s perfectly legal to lie to voters – as long as it doesn’t happen during official ...

Clive Palmer is seeking to re-register his United Australia Party (UAP) ahead of the next federal election. The High Court challenge is necessary because the UAP voluntarily gave up its ...

Two by-election results in the Victorian capital of Melbourne have triggered further alarm in ruling circles that the next federal election will produce a fragile minority government.

The campaign for the Western Australian election is now under way, with the state Liberal Party fighting to win back “electorate respectability” after it was almost obliterated in 2021.

Love politics or hate it, you won’t be able to avoid this year’s Federal Election – so get ahead of the pack with this ...

Major polls have shown the Albanese government is facing a tough fight in the looming federal election ... lining for Labor” was that the Liberal Party was disliked more in “in Melbourne ...