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

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The new politIcal donation laws will have a dramatic affect on how federal elections are funded in Australia. Could they ...

From spending caps to lower thresholds for donation disclosures, the reforms are the most comprehensive changes to ...

Nuclear engineer and former Miss America Grace Stanke has entered the fierce debate in Australia over its future energy ...

Labor and the Coalition appear on track to bank as much as $140 million in public funding as part of a major overhaul of ...

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Peter Dutton, who wants to be prime minister, has been taking aim at “wokeness.” But Australia’s electorate isn’t America’s, ...

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He was previously known as Ben Dawkins. Now, an Australian politician has legally changed his name to Austin ‘Aussie’ Trump ...

In Australia, British race nationalism was predominant. We had a White Australia policy. Indigenous Australians were not ...