It became clear that “Team Dutton” was running on little more than bloke-energy, an unaffordable nuclear policy and, crazily, ...

The Australian election result “masks a more sobering political reality: that Albanese and Labor were increasingly unpopular not all that long ago.” Australian voters went to the polls on May 3, in a ...

The overall combined primary vote for Australia’s major parties has continued to decline, opening space for independents to make gains. Australia’s recent federal election produced a commanding win ...

CANBERRA, Australia – Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday called general elections for Nov. 24 that will decide who will shepherd Australia's economic boom and whether the country will start pulling ...

With the count largely complete for the May 3 Australian federal election, the total vote for the candidates who stood for the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is 15,988 first-preference votes in the ...

After Canada, where the ruling Liberals secured a fourth consecutive term as the federal government, all eyes are on Australia, which will hold its federal election on Saturday. The ruling Australian ...

Before May's Australian federal election, many voters were feeling the squeeze of rising prices. However, a warming planet remained a notable concern. What were voters concerned about ahead of the ...

Exactly a month ago, I was driving down a long, empty stretch of road in eastern Australia, swerving around kangaroo carcasses and listening on the radio to Prime Minister Julia Gillard give a policy ...

On Thursday, the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) held an online public meeting, titled “After the Australian election: The socialist alternative to Labor’s government of war and austerity.” In ...

Cost-of-living pressures dominate political debate, but the sharpest strain is not falling incomes. It is housing costs, particularly for first-home buyers, fuelled by stagnant productivity and ...