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

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

Migration is vital for Australia’s economy and challenges, despite myths linking it to housing and inflation, writes former public servant .

Clive Palmer is seeking to re-register his United Australia Party (UAP ... ballot papers assist voters to recognise party affiliations. "Those facts taken together, make it highly likely that ...

Steven Joyce is a former National Party Minister of Finance and Minister of Transport. He is director at Joyce Advisory, and ...

Some polling suggests older Australians are more supportive of nuclear power than their younger counterparts. So why are ...

The FOGO bins have been rolled out elsewhere in the country with varying degrees of success, but the general feedback is that ...

Retiring Nationals MP and former cabinet minister Keith Pitt is expected to be appointed as Australia’s next ... Loading Senior National Party sources believe Pitt’s Queensland seat of Hinkler ...

Terrorism and hate symbol offences will now carry a mandatory minimum sentence after the federal government passed new laws that are a departure from the Labor Party's national platform.

Businessman Clive Palmer has lost a bid to re-register his United Australia Party ahead of the federal election, leaving his ...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton claims Australians have been “indoctrinated” to feel ashamed of their history and treatment of ...

Trump, a strident critic of the National Football League over the years, will become the first sitting president ever to attend the Super Bowl when he takes his seat among a sell-out crowd of ...