Clive Palmer has called for banks to cap interest rates at 3 per cent, and for Kevin Rudd to be sacked as Australia’s ambassador to the US, sharing his multi-pronged pitch to get Trumpet for Patriots ...

The National Party says it never endorsed a candidate it announced would represent the party at an upcoming NSW state by-election, only to dump him within days. On Sunday Nationals leader Dugald ...

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.

Australia's Labor party secured re-election in Western Australia state on Saturday, as voters backed the party in a final ...

SYDNEY - The Labor party secured re-election in Western Australia on March 8 as the state’s voters backed the party in a ...

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 ...