There’s a popular belief that a good leader will win an election for their party, while a bad one will lose it. The numbers ...

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

The immigration issue has eaten British politics. Not just any immigration but uncontrolled immigration, legal and illegal.

Former Labor leader Rebecca White is stepping down from the Tasmanian parliament to focus on winning a crucial marginal seat ...

Rio Tinto (down 1.2 per cent), BHP (down 1 per cent) and Fortescue (1.5 per cent) deepened their losses at the end of ...

Attempts to undermine Kevin Rudd’s ambassadorship – from the opposition and in the Murdoch press – have been described as ‘revenge’ for his criticism of the media mogul.

In a rather confusing turn of events, US President Donald Trump has said he will consider Australia’s request to be exempted ...

Labor minister Anne Aly has accused the Opposition leader of "hijacking" a conversation about antisemitic hatred after Peter Dutton said a video of two NSW nurses claiming they would kill Israeli ...

I’m driving about an hour north of inner city Brisbane, where suburbs give way to rolling hills and through the sort of ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese endured heckling from South Coast locals throughout his morning press conference in the ...

Anthony Albanese says he will aim to get an exemption for Australia on US tariffs; Super Bowl advertisers play it safe with ...

Anthony Albanese has launched a charm offensive with the crossbench MPs who could decide Australia’s next Prime Minister, bringing out the big guns at the Lodge: his fiancee Jodie Haydon and a ...