The surge of successful independent MPs at the 2022 election shows no sign of changing – and in fact may grow more powerful ...

Senator Ralph Babet has been dubbed the “$100 million man”, in reference to the amount of money Palmer spent fielding candidates of his United Australia Party across the nation at the 2022 ...

After spending $110 million at the last election all to get one single senator elected, Palmer was effectively forced to rebrand his United Australia Party as the Trumpet of Patriots. He reckons t ...

Palmer’s United Australia Party made headlines in 2021 and 2022 for its controversial COVID-19 advertising and record-breaking $100 million election spend. “He’ll give it a red-hot crack ...

Albanese's Labor party won a majority at the last federal election in 2022, but most recent opinion polls show the party neck ...

Peter Dutton, who seeks to become Australia's prime minister in a May 3 national election, is known as a plain-speaking ...

Anthony Albanese hopes to become the first Australian prime minister in 21 years to lead a political party to consecutive ...

The real political shift in Australia is the public’s increasing attraction to independent candidates.

Australia’s conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton is a former police detective who gained a reputation during his years ...

He replaced Menzies as Prime Minister after Menzies resigned as United Australia Party leader, the UAP then voting to support Fadden as Prime Minister. Fadden is therefore the only Country Party ...

Pearce was elected for Labor in 1901, became a Nationalist in 1917 following Labor's split over conscription, before becoming part of the new United Australia Party in 1931. Pearce is Australia's ...

The first in his family to attend university, Mr Albanese studied economics and engaged in student politics.  Read more at ...