Once the left of the Australian Labor Party was committed to working-class politics. To avoid collapse, Labor must return to ...

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.

Labor has outpaced the Coalition with a rush of advertisements reflecting the belief that voters’ views on Peter Dutton are still evolving and a negative campaign will work in the government’s favour.

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

Australians have a healthy distrust of politicians. Now the major party duopoly has abandoned accountability and integrity ...

A former Labor stronghold is now held on a slim margin, with the party claiming an electoral win after suffering a primary ...

The board of Creative Australia withdrew its invitation to multimedia artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino to represent the nation.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones will not recontest his NSW seat of Whitlam at the federal ...