Australians are set for a general election within the next two months that will likely trigger substantial changes to ...

The koala was officially declared endangered in the Australian state of New South Wales in February 2022. A year later, the ...

If the independents hold the balance of power after the next election, how can they permanently curb the power of the major parties? A citizens' assembly might do the trick.

An unusual series of military exercises by Chinese warships in the sea between Australia and New Zealand has prompted ...

The system is designed to keep the Socialist Equality Party from registering and designed to keep a socialist voice out of ...

It should not have taken the Americans to tell us that we must increase our defence spending by around $26bn a year, or 50 ...

The Northern Territory has entered into high-level talks with the Albanese government over the Port of Darwin, which is held ...

On the news of the prime minister’s cancelled trip to WA for this weekend’s state election to instead focus on the response ...

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

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

In the lead-up to national elections in 2025, Australia's federal parliamentary opposition, the Liberal-National Coalition has announced its plan to ensure security of supply and support emissions ...

That bond has endured at the national level, with just occasional breaks, through to today, giving Australia what some have called a two-and-a-half party system. The relationship was not ...