The Morrison-era minister formally retired in January, after flagging that he would not contest the coming federal election ...

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

Labor seems set for another record-breaking win at next month’s Western Australian election ...

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The National Party has hidden former leader Barnaby Joyce by creating a rule that effectively bars him from making political ...

If Peter Dutton becomes Australia's next prime minister, David Littleproud would be in the running to become his deputy. Here ...

Peter Dutton is gaining ground in WA, but a hung parliament is the most likely result according to a new opinion poll that ...

Labor insiders do not believe the party ... say the seat is not on their "watch list" as one to worry about. Fellow National and former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer was Australia's first ...

Wikicommons/National Library of Australia As the country changes ... it directed preferences to the Liberal Party and won Senate seats. From the 1960s, small parties emerged to represent ...

The Communist Party of Australia was formed in ... in the Queensland state seat of Bowen in 1944, but by the end of the war its national membership was about 22,000. Out of the Labor Party split ...