In the final episode for 2025, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks with Melissa Clarke from ABC RN Breakfast and Michael Read from the Australian Financial Review about criticisms of Albanese’s ambiti

A new report shows Australians don’t want to be reduced to merely voters. They want a democracy that listens, including between elections.

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smiles at the end of a press conference in Sydney, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Anthony Albanese hopes to become the first Australian prime minister in 21 years ...

The election of Donald Trump to serve another term as president of the United States is sending most countries scrambling to understand the implications for their foreign policies. With Australia’s security ties are heavily bound to the U.S., Trump’s ...

In his latest book, Clinton Fernandes explains why the AUKUS deal is an all-too-predictable continuation of past follies.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s rival political leaders offered Sunday competing policies to help Australians buy a home ahead of the nation’s first federal election in which younger voters will outnumber the long-dominant baby boomer generation.

The overall combined primary vote for Australia’s major parties has continued to decline, opening space for independents to make gains. Australia’s recent federal election produced a commanding win for the Labor Party. However, just looking at the seat ...

Australia will cap donations from individuals and enforce greater transparency on contributions as part of a push to reduce the influence of big money in politics, as it tries to head off US-style spending sprees at elections. Under the plan announced ...

Over 35 human rights organizations on Friday issued an open letter, addressed to the leaders of Australia’s three major political parties, urging them to foster a “civil and respectful discourse” on the topic of refugees and asylum-seekers ahead of ...

After the furore over Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt and Barnaby Joyce’s defection, the latest Guardian Essential Poll shows a surge in support for One Nation