Charlotte Walker has made history. With huge challenges facing young people, better youth representation in politics is just what we need.

Burning new tracks on Australia's political map. A new, incessant political drumbeat surrounds the fires still raging in eastern Australia, and that is climate change.

Australia's National Party split from the Liberal Party, its conservative coalition partner of over 60 years, citing key policy differences after a resounding loss at a national election this month.

The stakes are high for households, manufacturers, energy producers and climate action, as Australia is the world's No. 2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, with sales of A$69 billion ($44 ...

The Australian Labor Party — or ALP — is Australia's oldest political party. The ALP is synonymous with Australia's labour and union movement, being born from the "great shearer strikes in ...

Factbox-Policies of Australia's Political Parties at a Glance (Reuters) -Australians will vote on Saturday in a close-run national election marked by concerns over the cost of living and housing ...

Political appointments to the AAT have grown substantially in the past five years, and many of these appointments were made on 'election eve'—in the lead up to the 2019 and 2022 federal elections.

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 ...

An emerging political party is writing serious checks, demanding free university, no income tax for people under 25 years old, net zero and nuclear power, and drug decriminalization.

Mining tycoon Clive Palmer spent A$116m on his previous party's election advertising in 2022. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University 12 February 2025 at 1:58 pm · 12-min read ...

Political historian Sean Scalmer has argued that the National Reform and Protection League (NRPL), founded in Victoria in 1877 and led by Graham Berry, was Australia’s first mass political party.