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

Two medical professionals in Australia were suspended from their work at a hospital after they were filmed speaking about not ...

Anthony Albanese has told Question Time he saw the 'disgusting, sickening and shameful' footage of two nurses in NSW.

Senators and members of parliament have returned for the first sitting week of the year. Here's what was on the agenda.

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Australia’s biggest battle of the beers, the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beer poll, has announced the lineup, and ...

The association alerted members on Tuesday that the legislation, which has been passed by the House of Representatives, could be put to a vote in the Senate when federal parliament resumes on ...

Australia has one of the most unfair taxation collection systems in the Western world, and its basic unfairness is beginning to impact our industrial base. The new US tax environment will increase the ...

I’m the one who raises my voice in Parliament, but my brother is the one who ends up in jail," he said. I raise my voice in Parliament, instead brother ends up in jail "It is not illegal to ...

People attend the Invasion Day Rally in Sydney. (Getty) Proud Gunai and Gunditjmara woman Meriki Onus leads tens of thousands in the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne. (Getty) Auto news: What ...

Around a thousand people have attended an Invasion Day rally in Canberra, marching in protest to Parliament House. James Vyver reports. Mooney stands alone after historic MCG ton Origin of ...