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 ...

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

This edited extract reveals how Australia acquired one of the 20th century’s most prized paintings – and why then PM Gough ...

If Peter Dutton becomes Australia's next prime minister, David Littleproud would be in the running to become his deputy. Here ...

Melbourne Uni made him an honorary fellow. He posed in a photo with a soon-to-be federal minister and was considered a hero.

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 ...

An increase in government assistance, better relationships between tenants and landlords and bolstered housing stocks are ...

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 ...

A federal court filing on Monday confirmed that former attorney for President Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani has "fully satisfied ...

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

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 ...