Australia’s fragile bipartisan consensus on China is beginning to fray, but the differences are largely in tone and rhetoric, not substance. As Australia heads toward the 2025 federal election, cost ...

The great paradox of Australian politics at the moment is that Australians are by nature a stability seeking people, and this is precisely why the country’s primary conservative party – the Liberal ...

Following the release of the Albanese government’s second intergenerational report this week, treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks with Guardian Australia’s political editor Tom McIlroy and economics editor ...

Byelections in regional NSW do not usually become national political events. But as voting day approaches in Farrer, the sprawling rural seat has become one of the most closely watched contests in the ...

ANALYSIS: All eyes are on the regional NSW seat of Farrer today as Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party faces its first federal litmus test since the last election. The fringe party has enjoyed a surge ...

When political parties consider potential Indigenous candidates, they often worry about voter backlash. It’s a concern rooted in Australia’s troubling history of racism and the ongoing discrimination ...

Australia’s history is distinct and much contested, stretching from its First Nations origins, to the impacts of colonialism and the birth of a multicultural nation. Former Liberal Prime Minister Tony ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a national election for May 3, seeking a second three-year term for his Labor Party government in a contest set to be dominated by cost-of-living ...

Over 35 human rights organizations on Friday issued an open letter, addressed to the leaders of Australia’s three major political parties, urging them to foster a “civil and respectful discourse” on ...

As the announcement of an Australian federal election looms, the Labor government and opposition Liberal-National Coalition have been trading blows over the presence of three Chinese warships in ...

Expats, politics and culture: our essays illustrate the nature of the country they concern. Read on to find out what makes Australia a harmonious land of contradictions. Expats, politics and culture: ...

A conference of the Victorian Socialists (VS), the electoral front of the pseudo-left Socialist Alternative (SAlt), ratified a national expansion over the weekend. VS will be renamed “the Socialist ...