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

Earlier this year, Ms Mettam became a grandmother when her eldest daughter, Bianca, gave birth to a girl, Remi. Bianca, 25, ...

What do the weekend byelection results in Victoria tell us about Peter Dutton’s prospects in one of Labor’s strongest states?

It also donated $500,000 to Advance Australia, which the Liberal Party did not know about. Advance Australia is a conservative advocacy group campaigning heavily against the Greens and progressive ...

Former Western Australia premier Colin Barnett has slammed the Prime Minister's treatment of his home state. Speaking to Sky News Australia on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Barnett said Prime Minister Anthony ...

Macquarie Group has withdrawn from the world’s largest climate banking alliance, making it the first major Australian ...

Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin has conceded the Werribee by-election to Labor candidate John Lister after a tight ...

Today in Tips and Murmurs, Pauline Hanson calls for hard-working Aussie families to be deported, and we look back at when the ABC actually stood by its journos.

Two by-election results in the Victorian capital of Melbourne have triggered further alarm in ruling circles that the next federal election will produce a fragile minority government.

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. While the Liberal and Labor parties each won a seat at the weekend’s Victorian byelections, delving deeper into the results ...

Some polling suggests older Australians are more supportive of nuclear power than their younger counterparts. So why are ...

Liberal MP Julian Leeser has urged the Labor Party to “put the Greens last” in the upcoming federal election. “I’ve been ...