Australia: Socialist Equality Party challenges decision to deny it ballot status
The SEP has formally challenged and launched a public campaign against the Australian Electoral Commission’s rejection of our ...
What to know about David Littleproud, leader of the National party
If Peter Dutton becomes Australia's next prime minister, David Littleproud would be in the running to become his deputy. Here ...
As it happened: Labor cautiously welcomes interest rate cut; Clive Palmer launches new political party named ‘Trumpet of Patriots’
Billionaire Clive Palmer misspoke and called his party the “Trumpet of Parrots” before correcting himself in the press ...
Here’s why Chinese warships near Australia and New Zealand have prompted alarm
An unusual series of military exercises by Chinese warships in the sea between Australia and New Zealand has prompted ...
Australia PM Albanese's approval hits lowest as voters eye change, survey shows
The survey showed a hung parliament would be the most likely outcome if the poll numbers were to be replicated at an election ...
Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold
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.
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Clive Palmer announces new political party, Trumpet of Patriots
The mining magnate said his new Donald Trump-inspired political party would “Make Australia Great Again” and “drain the swamp in Canberra”. The mining magnate is the chairman of his new ...
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Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold
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 ...