A quarter of the world’s democracies are now led by authoritarian regimes and almost none have media systems that are able to hold power to account ...

Asia Is Racing to the Arctic, But It’s Not Easy Australians are clearly seeking something more complex from their political system. Something reflective of a society with array of interests and ideas.

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Senator Fatima Payman’s defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the written and unwritten rules of Australian politics. One of those ...

On the fraudulent pretext of protecting the electoral system from control by “billionaires,” the Australian Labor government, backed by the Liberal-National Coalition, is seeking to rush through ...

Yet again, in what has become a deepening pattern, the Albanese Labor government teamed up with the Liberal-National Coalition last Thursday to push a far-reaching, anti-democratic bill through both ...

When President Donald Trump told reporters in December that his administration was looking “very seriously” at Australia’s retirement savings system, he gave new political energy to a debate that has ...

When President Donald Trump told reporters in December 2025 that his administration was looking "very seriously" at Australia’s retirement savings system, he gave new political energy to a debate that ...