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

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia's future by investing in training, with new data showing there have been more than 3,700 ...

A swing of 9.8 per cent against the sitting government has triggered concern for the federal Australian Labor Party, according to the Herald Sun. The loss of support for Victorian Labor in its ...

Labor appears set to retain the Victorian seat of Werribee, despite a significant decline in voter support in its traditional stronghold in Saturday’s by-election.

The new legislation, in which Albanese agreed to include draconian mandatory jail terms, is a serious threat to anti-genocide ...

What do the weekend byelection results in Victoria tell us about Peter Dutton’s prospects in one of Labor’s strongest states?

You can say what you like about Australians in the polling booth - but at least they are fair. Case in point: PMs who break election promises are distrusted by voters regardless of which major party ...

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

Rattled federal Labor MPs have warned the voter revolt that has pushed Jacinta Allan to the brink of defeat in the party’s ...

As all sides count down to the start of the election campaign, a possible vote on changes proposed by the government has been ...

Independent MPs have argued the proposed changes to cap donations will entrench the major parties’ political dominance. So a ...

Paul Hopper, the independent candidate at the Werribee byelection, says the Allan government must divert funds to improve ...