The koala was officially declared endangered in the Australian state of New South Wales in February 2022. A year later, the ...

An unusual series of military exercises by Chinese warships in the sea between Australia and New Zealand has prompted ...

With a federal election on the horizon, could Western Australia's upcoming election signal a broader political shift?

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

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

The mining magnate said his new Donald Trump-inspired political party would “Make Australia Great Again” and “drain the swamp in Canberra”. The mining magnate is the chairman of his new ...

That bond has endured at the national level, with just occasional breaks, through to today, giving Australia what some have called a two-and-a-half party system. The relationship was not ...

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 ...

Labor and the LNP might be approaching the federal election from diametrically opposite ends of the ideological spectrum on energy, but there is one key battleground where their policies will ...

Billionaire Clive Palmer misspoke and called his party the “Trumpet of Parrots” before correcting himself in the press ...

After knocking England out of the Champions Trophy with a thrilling eight-run victory in Lahore, Afghanistan aim to achieve a ...