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

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

The state of Western Australia has called an election, setting the stage for a final test for Australian Prime Minister ...

If Peter Dutton becomes Australia's next prime minister, David Littleproud would be in the running to become his deputy. Here ...

Nationals Leader David Littleproud has warned Australians about the "risk" of voting for minor parties or independents after ...

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

The survey showed a hung parliament would be the most likely outcome if the poll numbers were to be replicated at an election ...

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 ...

Bush Users’ Group founder Bill Schulz has launched the most successful Victorian petition ever, campaigning against new national ... including the Freedom Party of Australia and the ETU.

The resolution adopted by the Footscray High School sub-branch of the Australian Education Union (AEU) “opposes the ...

Nationals leader Dugald Saunders, deputy Gurmesh Singh and Nationals state and federal MPs from across the state's Mid North ...