Most children with Eastern European relatives will learn this lesson young; a scorpion wants to cross a river but it can not swim. It sees a frog about to get into the river and pleads with it for a ride.

Governments work hard to ensure that Australian climate policy seems effective to media and voters, while simultaneously ensuring it does nothing to limit the key thing that is wrecking the climate – fossil fuel expansion.

There used to be a myth that News Corp could make or break governments.

Like a reanimated corpse from The Walking Dead, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the boondoggle “technology” that just wont die. As a way for governments to piss public money up the wall, CCS is incredibly effective. On almost every other front, it’s a spectacular failure.

It’s pleasing to see a real competition emerging for government in Tasmania the state election a fortnight ago. The Labor Party is finally off the bench and in the game – making a play for crossbench support to form government after refusing the last two opportunities to do so. So far, negotiations are focusing on

Australia has a proud tradition of impolite, inconvenient protest for worthy causes.

We are all consumers. Every one of us.

July 1 marked a dramatic change in how political parties and candidates are funded in South Australia.

Taxpayers are being asked to hand over billions to multinational mining giant Rio Tinto to help keep its Tomago aluminium smelter open – again.

Almost all of Australia’s top chief executives are, according to their boards at least, knocking it out of the park in terms of performance.

Now that the dust has settled on the 2025 federal election, what does it mean for the representation of women in Australian parliaments? In short, there has been a significant improvement at the national level. When we last wrote on this topic, the Australian Senate was majority female but only 40% of House of Representatives

Tasmanians keep voting for a power-sharing parliament over the wishes of the major parties.

The community independent movement did not begin in Sydney or Melbourne, but in the bush.

A record number of Australians voted for independents and minor parties at the most recent federal election election.

Updated 30/05/2025 The outer-Melbourne electorate of Calwell was named “Australia’s most unpredictable seat” by The Age after the election and was – aside from those going to a recount – the last seat to be called. The AEC labelled the counting process for the seat “likely the most complex in Australia’s history”. The count is

Are voters missing out on more than their democracy sausage?

If anyone knows what is going on in the National party, could you please stand up? Interested parties in the Nationals would love to know.

Friends, Australians, countrymen, we come to bury Peter Dutton, not to praise him.

Richard Denniss joined ABC’s Afternoon Briefing to reflect on what the election result means for policy reform in Australia. Interview with Tom Lowry.

While the exact numbers are not settled, what is clear is that the Albanese Labor Government has won a decisive majority in the Parliament.

We are about to see who the Australian Labor Party really is, in 2025.

In the final days of the campaign, independent MP Monique Ryan and Labor’s housing minister Clare O’Neil faced questions about the support of the Hubei Association for their respective campaigns.

A four-way debate on ABC Radio Canberra on 1 May produced a rare moment of unity between election candidates. The main candidates for the ACT’s two senate seats agreed that Canberra needs more senators.

At this stage of the election, you have no doubt seen plenty of political ads.

After the 2010 election, independent crossbenchers negotiated for 17 days with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to decide who to support.

Election campaigns come and go, but some go faster than others.

Last election, independent Kylea Tink won the seat of North Sydney on a primary vote of 25%.

Australians are rightfully proud of compulsory voting, which ensures widespread participation in elections.

Complaints about the brevity of three-year parliamentary terms are common in Australia.