Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says the renewable energy debate will not be won by political parties but “physics ...

Clive Palmer has called for Kevin Rudd to be sacked as Australia’s ambassador to the US, sharing the policy platform his party Trumpet for Patriots will take to the federal election.

Households across most of Australia’s eastern seaboard will soon face higher electricity bills, with authorities set to ...

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

Australia's Labor party secured re-election in Western Australia state on Saturday, as voters backed the party in a final ...

SYDNEY - The Labor party secured re-election in Western Australia on March 8 as the state’s voters backed the party in a ...

That bond has endured at the national level, with just occasional breaks, through to today, giving Australia what some have called a two-and-a-half party system. The relationship was not ...