At last Saturday’s election, the Albanese Labor Government won a large majority and a historically significant swing towards it, but seven in ten Australians still expect the Senate to review every government policy on its merits.

With the influence of its historical opponents waning, is anything standing in the way of the Labor Government passing ambitious reforms?

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

Integrity experts, including former judges, ombudsmen and leading academics, have signed an open letter, coordinated by The Australia Institute and Fairer Future and published today in The Canberra Times, calling on the newly elected Parliament of Australia to address weaknesses in Australian political integrity. The open letter warns that a decade of decline in agencies

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.

Most Independent / Other voters support crossbench to negotiate for best outcomes for nation and electorate

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.

Over the course of the election campaign, there’s been a lot of fear-mongering around the prospect of a “hung parliament” or “minority government”.

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

The polls are pointing to a likely Labor victory on Saturday, but could Dutton’s suburban strategy still bear fruit?

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.

Almost two years after the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) began operations, it is at a crossroads. 

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

It’s widely predicted that Saturday’s federal election will be decided by voters feeling the cost-of-living squeeze in the outer suburbs of our capital cities.

The white men in the White House are trying to radically reshape modern America.

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

New polling research by The Australia Institute reveals that 86% of Australians want stronger legal protections for whistleblowers.

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.

The United States is disappearing down an authoritarian rabbit hole and Australian leaders are struggling to respond.

A cornerstone of the Australian election experience is tucking into a democracy sausage after casting your ballot on election day.

Almost nine out of 10 Australians (89%) support  Truth in Political Advertising laws, according to new research released by The Australia Institute today.

A number of the housing policy proposals on offer in this election will make affordability worse.

Every Australian parliament – federal, state and territory – has had a speaker from a party other than the one in government at some point.

Amy Remeikis and Bill Browne discuss the federal election campaign so far, the performance of the media, and how preferential voting actually works.

Sky News says community independent MP Allegra Spender supports more Coalition motions than Greens motions. But They Vote for You says Spender votes with Greens MPs more often than Coalition MPs. That both those claims are made about the same person is proof that voting comparisons are fraught. It is just as confusing when it

For many journalists, the past – specifically the past before 1945 – is a foreign country. Election coverage is replete with references to “firsts” or “milestones” that assume that Australian history began in the post-war period. But a longer view would help us better understand the political processes around us. Journalists described the 2010 federal

In the 2022 election, the count in the seat of Brisbane was on a knife edge.

Today the AEC promised “bingo cages, blindfolds and balls” – in other words, they finalised the candidates for the upcoming federal election, and randomly decided which order they will be displayed on the ballot paper.

Independent MPs are not new to Australian politics.