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

The race is on for the 65 senatorial candidates and 155 party-list groups in the May 2025 midterm polls as the 90-day ...

Two by-election results in the Victorian capital of Melbourne have triggered further alarm in ruling circles that the next federal election will produce a fragile minority government.

The euro was 0.1% lower at $1.0317 in early trading, close to the more than two-year low of $1.0125 it touched last week as investors braced for tariffs that Trump has repeatedly threatened against ...

Kendrick Lamar has begun his eagerly-awaited Super Bowl halftime show performance.

The federal government has restricted Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek’s chatbot from some of its mobile ...

Fine, a former gambling executive who was elected to the state Senate in 2024, previously served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives. He was endorsed by Trump in November ...

He held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from US, Japan, and Australia ... He also met the 56th Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s win came as a result of a rare display of GOP unity and President-elect Donald Trump’s political power. It remains to be seen whether it will continue into his ...

Announced on Wednesday morning, the City of Nedlands said it is seeking expressions of interests for a cafe business to operate and upgrade Drabble House. It is currently owned by the City and is ...

The Opposition Leader has slammed Australian Venue Co for trying to profit off Australia Day despite continuing to shun the national day in favour of ‘January Long Weekend’ events. After being ...

Text Publishing, founded in 1990 by Eric Beecher and Di Gribble, and run for decades by Michael Heyward and Penny Hueston, is now an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia. Doubtless ...