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

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

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

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 ...

Joining Rinehart in making donations to Australia’s two largest political parties - the center-left Labor Party and the Liberal National Coalition - were pro-Trump billionaire Anthony Pratt ...

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 ...