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, ...

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 ...

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Macquarie Group has withdrawn from the world’s largest climate banking alliance, making it the first major Australian ...

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 ...

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.

Melbourne suburbs Werribee and Prahran have seen the Liberal party secure a major election victory, as the Green concede. Traditionally Labor 'heartland', Werribee has been an uninterrupted seat since ...

Ahead of the 2025 federal election, news.com.au has the latest politics news and updates on the Liberal National Party and its leader, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.