Political parties are integral to the Australian political system, yet also largely absent from the Commonwealth Constitution itself. They are not entirely absent: a constitutional amendment in 1977 – ...

Mark Evans has received funding and in-kind support to complete democratic audits in the United Kingdom (Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust) and Australia (Museum of Australian Democracy at Old ...

More rifts have erupted in the Coalition since Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley sacked Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from ...

Many members of the country's booming Chinese and South Asian migrant communities are keen to engage in the democratic system but do not fully understand how the Australian political system works, new ...

(Reuters) -Australians will vote on Saturday in a close-run national election marked by concerns over the cost of living and housing affordability, as well as trade tensions triggered by U.S.

(Sydney) – Voters in the upcoming Australian election on May 3, 2025, should consider where political candidates stand on key human rights issues, Human Rights Watch said today. Before casting their ...

Political influencers on platforms like YouTube and TikTok are already a force likely to shape how elections are covered, even if they don’t swing votes. Online influencers might not change the way ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia, long regarded as a model for global pensions reform, has some explaining to do after the markets meltdown, and not just to its own citizens. Having forced Australians ...

Studies of political participation regularly observe the underrepresentation of immigrant citizens and ethnic minorities. In contrast, evidence from Australia suggests that immigrant Australians are ...

Having this national agency will help protect us against bird flu, falling immunisation rates and health misinformation. It’s ...