Australia politics live: Angus Taylor expected to quit shadow cabinet and launch leadership challenge against Sussan Ley tonight

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Who gets to look ‘Australian’? Political opportunism mustn’t make belonging conditional

Australia reaffirms its identity through its commitment to multiculturalism — often in moments of grief and resolve, rather ...

Australia politics live: Chalmers accuses Coalition of ‘dishonest’ attacks over government spending and inflation; Husic ejected from question time

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Opinion

Imploding public trust in the Liberal-Labor 'uniparty' is pushing fed-up voters to Australian politics' populist fringe

While the Liberals voted with Labor, the Nationals argued the law’s broad definition of “hate” posed a threat to freedom of speech. This dispute led to every National frontbencher resigning from Ley’s ...

Can One Nation turn its polling hype into seats in parliament? History shows it will struggle

Pauline Hanson’s party has been dysfunctional and scandal-ridden for its entire existence. Capitalising on strong polling ...
Yahoo

Australia's re-elected prime minister says voters chose unity over division

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reacts as he meets party faithful after winning a second term of the general election in Sydney, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) MELBOURNE, ...
The Diplomat

A Look Beyond Seats: How Independents Are Gaining Ground in Australia

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 ...

Left-right labels make political commentary easy, and democracy hard

While using the traditional ‘left-right’ lens makes sense for some policy issues, for the big issues, it's causing confusion ...
Yahoo

Australian political storm: Is wearing a Joy Division t-shirt antisemitic?

That’s how Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley described the actions of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when he returned from the United States. On 23 October, the leader of the centre-left Labor ...