The rise of One Nation creates a surprising opportunity for progressive voters.

Shedding voters on the left and the right, is the Liberal Party heading for “oblivion”?

After months of speculation, the Liberal Party has a new leader, and the Coalition has a new frontbench. So, does that mean we can expect some new ideas?

In five days, Anthony Albanese will become Australia’s longest-serving prime minister since John Howard.

Australians have been lectured a lot in the past couple of years about social cohesion, but it reached a fever pitch this week in response to protests against the visit by Israel’s head of state.

The first Labor national government anywhere in the world was elected in Australia in April 1904.

With each passing day, the Make America Great Again movement is becoming more battle-hardened and less likely to disappear once Trump leaves office (whenever that may be).

The Australian Electoral Commission has today released its political contributions data for 2024-25, which reveals the major political parties raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars last year. 

We are about to head back into parliament – and the sitting year proper – with one of the major parties again focused on itself, and the other doing all it can to ensure the focus remains on its rivals.

Anyone interested in politics would have heard the paraphrased Plato quote at some point – “one of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”.

The biggest loser in the political brinkmanship Anthony Albanese and Labor lured Sussan Ley and the Liberals into with the hate group legislation no one wanted is, as always, the public.

Sussan Ley started 2026 much like she ended 2025 – extending her tenuous hold on the Liberal Party leadership by politicising tragedy.

The first thought I had when the Albanese government’s under 16s social media ban was announced was: “Can I opt in?”

The problem with having pattern recognition is that you can always see the fires before they start.

Last week the Liberal Party shamefully misquoted the head of the Reserve Bank in a weak attempt to justify its criticism of government spending.

The greatest trick neoliberalism ever pulled was convincing people government intervention shouldn’t exist.

On the eve of his defeat as Liberal Party leader in 2009, Malcolm Turnbull gave an interview to press gallery legend Laurie Oakes that still shocks hardened political watchers today.

The algorithms of global music streaming services like Spotify, YouTube, Amazon and Apple are killing Australian music, according to a new report by a former Spotify executive. As Australians celebrate the nation’s extraordinary artists to mark AusMusic T-Shirt Day today, the report reveals that the number of artists featured on music streaming giants has fallen by

Australia Institute research into 20 of Australia’s largest corporations has found that over half the value of their reported contributions to the community were dubious, leading to overinflated claims of generosity in the private sector.

Rumours about America’s role in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam have circulated for decades – but is there any truth to them?

In 1963, Arthur Calwell published Labor’s Role in Modern Society, his 190-page treatise on his political party and Australian politics.

Around this time 12 years ago, Barnaby Joyce stood up and declared the average family lamb roast was about to cost $100.

By negotiating an end to the government shutdown without getting anything much in return, some Democrats have gone back to their old trick of resisting the President by giving him exactly what he needs.

You could almost taste the desperation in the air as various Liberal MPs attempted to justify their self destruction; but perhaps the most tasteless excuses were when it came to justifying their decision to the next generation.

One of my first journalism jobs was at a regional newspaper with a printing press attached. As a baby journalist, it was magical – you could see your front page story printed in front of you before it was bundled and sent out on trucks to become the next day’s news.

In New York City, California, New Jersey and Virginia, American voters sent Trump and Republicans a clear message.

If the Coalition’s aim is to stay in opposition, it’s doing a bang-up job.

The Western Australian government’s claim that its domestic gas production is helping Asia’s clean energy transition has been undermined in a leaked report – which it commissioned.

One of the hardest things for people to understand with this latest Liberal Party implosion is that it’s not rational.

New Australia Institute polling research shows most Australians, regardless of who they vote for, think cash-for access payments represent corrupt conduct. Cash-for-access describes exclusive fundraising events where companies and lobbyists pay to meet with senior party leaders.