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

Nuclear engineer and former Miss America Grace Stanke has entered the fierce debate in Australia over its future energy ...

SYDNEY - The state of Western Australia has called an election, setting the stage for a final test for Australian Prime ...

Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart increased her donations to the center-right Liberal National opposition by more than ...

The campaign for the Western Australian election is now under way, with the state Liberal Party fighting to win back “electorate respectability” after it was almost obliterated in 2021.

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 ...

Earlier this year, Ms Mettam became a grandmother when her eldest daughter, Bianca, gave birth to a girl, Remi. Bianca, 25, ...

A Tasmanian senator is pushing to have some senior Liberal figures, including the party’s president, become members of a ...

The Labor Party has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of cash and gifts received from external entities ahead of the upcoming federal election.

The Liberal Party, which traditionally has been stronger ... Both Mr Albanese and federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton have been in Western Australia many times over the past three years.