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 ...

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

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 ...

The mining magnate said his new Donald Trump-inspired political party would “Make Australia Great Again” and “drain the swamp in Canberra”. The mining magnate is the chairman of his new ...

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 ...

Labor and the LNP might be approaching the federal election from diametrically opposite ends of the ideological spectrum on energy, but there is one key battleground where their policies will ...

The Chinese Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, criticized Canberra's decision to ban the artificial intelligence app ...

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer launched on Wednesday a political party he said was directly inspired by U.S. President ...

The nation’s top energy chiefs have warned a post-election hung parliament will be a “nightmare” and a “quiet menace” ...