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

Independent MP Zali Steggall has crashed a Labor minister’s media appearance to challenge the Albanese government’s political donor reforms.

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As Labor’s controversial electoral reforms passed parliament, Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie said he would ensure he had the “freedom of manoeuvre” in the next term and ruled out striking a deal with ...

A man is dead and four people, including two toddlers, have been injured after they were pulled from a burning home in Victoria's north-west.

In Broome, the work of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody uncovers not only personal grief but also the ...

Labor insiders fear that Anthony Albanese is set to lose a minimum of eight to 10 MPs at the federal election plunging Australia into minority government but the silver lining for ALP strategists is ...

The Werribee by-election may be a new low for the major parties. But where are the so-called 'double haters' parking their ...

As the world’s focus has shifted to other regions and conflicts — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war — the ...

A truck driver has died and another one is in critical condition after two trucks collided on the Hume Highway in the NSW Southern Tablelands. The entire herd has officially made the move to Werribee ...