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

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on President Trump to reinstate an education program designed to support ...

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

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

Labor and the LNP might be approaching the federal election from diametrically opposite ends of the ideological spectrum on energy, but there is one key battleground where their policies will ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The state of Western Australia has called an election, setting the stage for a final test for Australian ...

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 ...

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

Israel accused Hamas of a breach of the cease-fire agreement between the warring sides of the "utmost severity" after ...

It’s the third day of declines as the market lost 0.7 per cent on Tuesday, when Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock poured ...

Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart increased her donations to the center-right Liberal National opposition by more than ...

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