When politicians gain votes by dividing the population, when the media stokes fears for profit, when entire communities are used as scapegoats for electoral advantage, the damage done to the social ...

Labor is expected to be returned in power in a landslide. But the election is also the first test of One Nation’s ability to ...

Thursday had been earmarked for Australians to mourn the victims of last month's Bondi shootings. Those who had lost loved ones in the antisemitic attacks wanted it to be a chance to remember the dead ...

Special interest groups such as GetUp and Turning Point Australia may be able to outspend opponents, with donations not needing to be disclosed until after state election ...

The overall combined primary vote for Australia’s major parties has continued to decline, opening space for independents to make gains. Australia’s recent federal election produced a commanding win ...

That’s how Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley described the actions of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when he returned from the United States. On 23 October, the leader of the centre-left Labor ...

Anthony Albanese is set to become the first Australian prime minister in 21 years to lead a political party to two consecutive election victories, based on early vote counting. The last was John ...

The great paradox of Australian politics at the moment is that Australians are by nature a stability seeking people, and this is precisely why the country’s primary conservative party – the Liberal ...

I think this underplays the threat. Expressions of dissatisfaction have a way of hardening into actions when left unaddressed for too long. You might be right about this, but one of the fundamental ...