But the last election campaign exposed the true decline in the quality and capacity of the parliamentary Coalition — as well as its underlying party machines — to do politics and to do policy in a way ...

After 13 years, Diana Asmar has been dislodged as the boss of the Health Workers Union, once a key strategic asset to the ...

Australia has put itself in a political straitjacket that makes any real reform potentially suicidal for our elected leaders.

Indian and Chinese voters have delivered Labor a huge voting bloc - with immigration levels still running at higher levels ...

ANALYSIS: Before the election, Labor promised policies to lift the declining birthrate, but there is little evidence they will actually work.

There was a by-election in the West Australian seat of Swan in October 1918. Labor won with 34.4 per cent of the primary vote ...

The rout of the Liberals has been particularly hard-felt in capital cities, with only six of their guaranteed 28 remaining ...

New research reveals community cohesion, robust social supports and media diversity mean its harder in Australia than the US to exploit crime fears to win votes.

Having spent $759.9 million setting up 87 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, the Australian government makes a further $644 ...

Australia's Liberal-National coalition - currently the nation's main opposition political party - has split after a partnership lasting almost 80 years. The move marks a seismic change in the ...

Climate 200, Advance Australia and the ACTU were some of the biggest third party social media advertising spenders during the ...

The Liberal Party’s first female leader faces the difficult task of leading the party back to the political center.