For most of our Federation's history, the two-party system has been an efficient organiser of the population. That has all changed.

A recent survey highlighted that less than a third of the Australian population believe that “people in government can be ...

There has been an insufferable degree of smugness of late in the chatting classes about Australia’s electoral system. A special for Australian Broadcasting Corporation produced by veteran journalist ...

Award-winning Australian journalist Annabel Crabb invites viewers on a fascinating, three-part journey into the heart of her ...

The opposition leader is the latest in a long line of politicians who speak of ‘Australian values’. But it has long been a ...

On Monday Pauline Hanson, leader of Australia’s One Nation Party, walked into her parliament wearing a burqa. I don’t know ...

Australia’s Fair Work Commission approved on Monday a union request to hold a ballot for workers to vote on striking at ...

A fresh wave of social media influencers are shaping national conversations – and an ever-growing number of Australians are listening.

Australia’s pro-globalisation consensus remains robust despite populist rhetoric. While the political right has grown more ...

The world is waking up to what’s really happening to the climate and in electricity grids reliant on intermittent renewable ...

American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the ...