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

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 ...

Macquarie Group has withdrawn from the world’s largest climate banking alliance, making it the first major Australian ...

New forms of organisation must be built to fight the job destruction, course closures, pro-corporate restructuring and ...

The Liberal candidate in ... or for improving Australia’s cellar-dwelling productivity performance. Its only formally announced policies – to establish a government-owned corporation to ...

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

The Sydney doctor turned MP says she will support the party that avoids “sugar-hit” policies, even as she faces a battle with the Liberals to retain her seat.

Liberal MP Garth Hamilton says the Green brand is now “toxic” across the country. The Greens have conceded defeat in the Prahran by-election to Liberal candidate Rachel Westaway, while Premier Jacinta ...

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.

The Albanese government’s hope for universal childcare came a step closer after the Senate voted to replace the activity test ...

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.

Anthony Albanese has told Question Time he saw the 'disgusting, sickening and shameful' footage of two nurses in NSW.