In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

The National Party has hidden former leader Barnaby Joyce by creating a rule that effectively bars him from making political ...

The Aam Aadmi Party’s disastrous loss in Delhi is raising questions about its status as a national party. The party won just ...

The Morrison-era minister formally retired in January, after flagging that he would not contest the coming federal election ...

Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has scoffed at the idea of a rule designed to hide him during the upcoming federal ...

The former prime minister and president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) until his recent defeat in the presidential ...

Anthony Albanese has launched a charm offensive with the crossbench MPs who could decide Australia’s next Prime Minister, ...

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis ...

Two by-election results in the Victorian capital of Melbourne have triggered further alarm in ruling circles that the next federal election will produce a fragile minority government.

Why a state byelection has Anthony Albanese biting his fingernails. The west Melbourne seat is being treated by both sides as ...

Federal Labor has the same lessons to learn as Victorian Labor following two state by-elections, a former Victorian Labor ...