Australia's democratic system is unlike any other on Earth. As a nation, we sort of vaguely understand this, and take a generalised pride in the triennial democracy sausage, and the beige, competent ...

The Labor government is not on track to give children a fairer, healthier, cleaner future, according to leading Australian ...

Victoria government defies referendum on indigenous rights by pledging ‘truth-telling’ and greater political powers ...

I want to reflect on what I have come to see, through my own experience, as both the illuminating strengths and the shadowed ...

Far-right populism is succeeding in the US, Britain, France and Germany. Australia won’t inexorably travel the same path.

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The party’s decision to remove mandated net zero targets from its federal policy platform is regrettable but hardly surprising, writes Mike Reddy.

Voting in council elections could become mandatory in Western Australia if the turnout for this weekend's poll continues to plummet, the local government minister has warned. Western Australians are ...

The Business Post/Red C opinion poll of the presidential election campaign released tonight at 8pm shows Ms Connolly in front ...

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