Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold
In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...
Political apathy leaves SA political candidates in the hands of engaged few
When South Australian Liberal MP Tim Whetstone faced a challenge to his candidacy, the decision came down to just a few ...
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Australia’s Labor Party Must Return to Working-Class Values
Australian Labor Party (ALP) senator Doug Cameron summed up his eleven-year senate career with characteristic candor. “It all comes down to one thing: socialism,” he said. Cameron’s words — and the ...
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Heat on Liberals over $500k donation
Advance Australia is a conservative advocacy group ... Foundation was acting for the “principal benefit” of Liberal Party members as required under Victoria’s electoral laws, and if not ...
Macquarie becomes first Australian bank to exit Net Zero Banking Alliance
Macquarie Group has withdrawn from the world’s largest climate banking alliance, making it the first major Australian ...
Liberal Senator Jonathan Duniam’s push for party figures to join Tasmanian Club
A Tasmanian senator is pushing to have some senior Liberal figures, including the party’s president, become members of a ...
'Uninformed and unfair’: Moira Deeming hits back at internal criticism of parliamentary absence while cutting short overseas trip
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has hit back at “uninformed and unfair” criticism from a senior party colleague while ...
Independent candidate Anita Kuss joins race for federal seat of Grey
South Australia's largest seat only has two candidates as the federal election nears, with an independent joining the race.
Teal election pivot is a sign of taxing times
It says something about the dire state of the economic policy debate when the teal Independents have more sensible things to ...
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The Australian Labor Party and Liberal Party both reap big benefits with millions in donations ahead of federal election
The Australian Electoral ... receipts – which include donations, member subscriptions and other proceeds – compared to $63.4 million for the Liberal Party. The Greens accrued $9.2 million ...
Ex-Labor MP targets Greens in Prahran, boosting Liberal hopeful’s bid
Tony Lupton tore up his ALP membership when the party declined to run a candidate in Prahran. His campaign against the Greens ...
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WA State Election: How much ‘respectability’ WA Liberal Party can win back is big question of election
How much respectability the WA Liberal ... as the party fights to reclaim the seats it lost in 2021. Picture: NewsWire / Emma Kirk “The Labor government here in Western Australia has been ...