Labor’s draft party platform more assertive on China and omits mandatory jail term stance

Exclusive: the 2026 document is designed to provide ‘scaffolding’ for a long-term Labor government ...
The Diplomat

In Australia, the Liberal-National Coalition Splits, Again

Following their major loss at last May’s federal election, the permanent coalition between Australia’s Liberal Party and the National Party split. The divorce was brief; the electoral reality is that ...
Opinion

Poll underscores crisis of Australia’s two-party system, rise of One Nation

In Queensland, the far-right One Nation is outpolling both Labor and the Coalition, something unprecedented for a “third” party in modern times.

Question time as it happened: Matt Canavan elected new leader of the National Party; two more Iranian women seek asylum

The House of Representatives is sitting for question time amid the ongoing war in the Middle East and a shakeup of Coalition ...

A right-wing populist party made big poll gains - and it's shaking up Australian politics

Pauline Hanson's One Nation is riding a wave of popularity driven by voters weary of mainstream parties.