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

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

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Labor insiders fear that Anthony Albanese is set to lose a minimum of eight to 10 MPs at the federal election plunging Australia ... Nationals and Liberal National Party (LNP)) won 58 seats ...

The survey showed a hung parliament would be the most likely outcome if the poll numbers were to be replicated at an election ...

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

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 ...