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

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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 ...

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The splintering of Australia extends to federal politics, with the rise of independents and the Greens. But the end of the two-party duopoly has not made national life any less schismatic.

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 ...

How much respectability the WA Liberal Party can win back ... With opinion polls tight, the national outcome could again be swayed on what happens in Western Australia.

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 ...

How the party does will matter not ... With opinion polls tight, the national outcome could again be swayed on what happens in Western Australia.