australian federal election

The federal electorate of North Sydney is the major casualty of the Australian Electoral Commission's boundary redrawing, leaving an independent without a seat.

Influential donors with deep pockets are having an effect on Australian politics as a report finds election spending ...

Independent senate candidates in two states have alleged that the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) staff gave voters incorrect ...

The defeated Liberal-National Coalition government must reconnect with its conservative roots—and middle to lower class voters—if it hopes ...

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson has spoken out against the over-simplification of debate on climate change and ...

Anthony Norman Albanese has been sworn in as Australia's 31st prime minister just hours ahead of a trip ...

A hung Parliament will cause division and hand an advantage to Australia's adversaries, Tim Wilson, the federal MP ...

Two years of government-mandated lockdowns has left a permanent mark on how suburban and regional Australians approach elections, ...

The Labor Party is simply “throwing money” at Australia’s universal healthcare program Medicare with its near $1 billion ...

The incumbent centre-right Coalition government's recently announced housing policy—that will allow first home buyers to access their superannuation ...

The Australian opposition's deputy leader Richard Marles has been forced to explain his high number of visits to ...

The incumbent centre-right Coalition government will work with business, industry, and the higher education sector to spur the ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will lead a high-level delegation to the Solomon Islands to cement a recently ...

The Morrison government announced it would support hopeful and expecting mums and dads with a $53 million (US$37 ...

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has resisted promising an increase to average wages in Australia if he wins power ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his opposition counterpart Anthony Albanese clashed on the issue of China during ...

The centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP) has sent the live export industry into disarray after it appeared to ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has continued to warn against voting for so-called “teal” independents—backed by the Climate 200 ...

Treasurers from both major parties have ruled out increasing the Medicare Levy to control the spiralling cost of ...

Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced a $2 billion (US$1.44 billion) investment into developing cutting-edge unmanned submarine ...

Political polling, the dominant force behind much of the Australian news cycle—which has ended the careers of four ...

Commentary The Australian federal election has so far demonstrated just how much the political centre is weakening as ...

The Victorian Liberals have slammed the state government’s plans to build a second drug injection room in metropolitan ...

Moderate MPs in Australia’s centre-right Coalition government will confront an additional challenge from the right-wing conservative One Nation ...

The opposition Australian Labor Party’s promise to establish a dedicated military research agency—akin to DARPA in the United ...

The massive costs of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)—tipped to hit $60 billion a year (US$42.7 billion) ...

The federal opposition of Australia is standing by a political attack ad targeting centre-right Coalition MP Gladys Liu ...