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

It’s the third day of declines as the market lost 0.7 per cent on Tuesday, when Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock poured ...

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 ...

The new legislation, in which Albanese agreed to include draconian mandatory jail terms, is a serious threat to anti-genocide ...

This isn’t just me blowing my own trumpet: no less than Greens leader Adam Bandt and the party’s Victorian ... the Greens damages Labor’s standing with middle Australia.

The moves come after the prime minister sparked a new round of speculation about the election date by making an offhand ...

Several Islamic organisations, including the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, have supported two nurses who had said they ...

SA Labor has announced Matthew Marozzi as its candidate for Morialta – the seat being vacated by former Deputy Liberal Leader John Gardner at the ...

Terrorism and hate symbol offences will now carry a mandatory minimum sentence after the federal government passed new laws ...

The prime minister has announced Carol Berry as the party's candidate in the New South Wale's electorate ... of one of the key issues plaguing Labor in its coastal heartland.

Daniel Andrews’ final promise was pitched as visionary urban renewal, but it has left many Labor figures livid.

Federal Labor has agreed to Coalition demands on mandatory minimum jail sentences, paving the way to pass the government's ...