Bipartisan electoral laws rammed through to prop up Australian political establishment
Making a mockery of parliamentary democracy, the “Electoral Reform” bill was rammed through without even giving MPs a chance ...
The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved
Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...
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 ...
As it happened: Labor cautiously welcomes interest rate cut; Clive Palmer launches new political party named ‘Trumpet of Patriots’
It’s the third day of declines as the market lost 0.7 per cent on Tuesday, when Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock poured ...
Australian electoral authorities reject Socialist Equality Party’s registration, despite it meeting membership requirements
The decision was made as the looming election is characterised by mass hostility to the official parties and a growing desire among workers and young people for a genuine alternative.
Australian LGBTIQ+ politicians were hit with vile online abuse at the last federal election. The coming campaign could be even worse
New analysis of more than 100,000 tweets has found that queer Australian politicians suffer more personal abuse online than ...
National Party says Warwick Yonge was never endorsed as Port Macquarie by-election candidate
Nationals leader Dugald Saunders, deputy Gurmesh Singh and Nationals state and federal MPs from across the state's Mid North ...
Too sombre to party: ASX declines after RBA’s cautious rate cut
The Australian sharemarket closed in the red, dragged down by energy stocks and banks, after the Reserve Bank warned not to ...
Bob Katter says he “changed the prime minister of Australia” in ousting of Julia Gillard
Maverick MP Bob Katter has reflected on the power of independents in a minority government, taking credit for the ousting of ...
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Australia’s Labor Party Must Return to Working-Class Values
Australian Labor Party (ALP) senator Doug Cameron summed up his eleven-year senate career with characteristic candor. “It all comes down to one thing: socialism,” he said. Cameron’s words — and the ...
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Australian PM Albanese hits lowest approval rating: survey
SYDNEY: The majority of Australian voters want the current Labour government out of office, posing a threat to Prime Minister ...
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Muslim outfits rally behind Australian nurses who vowed to kill Israeli patients
Several Islamic organisations, including the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, have supported two nurses who had said they ...