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 ...

Nuclear engineer and former Miss America Grace Stanke has entered the fierce debate in Australia over its future energy ...

South Australian Liberal party leader Vincent Tarzia said "this is part of our democratic system" after he emerged from a closed Renmark function room in late November. Mr Tarzia was referring to ...

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 ...

SYDNEY - The state of Western Australia has called an election, setting the stage for a final test for Australian Prime ...

Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart increased her donations to the center-right Liberal National opposition by more than ...

The campaign for the Western Australian election is now under way, with the state Liberal Party fighting to win back “electorate respectability” after it was almost obliterated in 2021.

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Peter Dutton is proving more popular than Scott Morrison in Western Australia, according to the state’s Liberal leader Libby ...

Macquarie Group has withdrawn from the world’s largest climate banking alliance, making it the first major Australian ...

The Labor Party has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of cash and gifts received from external entities ahead of the upcoming federal election.