A recent survey highlighted that less than a third of the Australian population believe that “people in government can be ...

With the abandonment of its net-zero policies, and leadership spills in two of Australia's largest states, the Coalition is ...

It’s almost inevitable that a media professor who migrated from the United States six years ago to live and work in Australia will be asked to compare the state of democracy — and the threats it faces ...

The Strengthening Australian Democracy report released by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil this week provides a sophisticated diagnosis of the challenges facing democratic governance around the ...

When I was a child, I lived in a very politically engaged household. My parents were always talking politics, and my dad in particular was often growling at the television when the face of someone he ...

Australians are rightly happy their democracy has avoided the radical, anti-democratic movements sweeping through the United States and Europe. But Australian democracy is not safe from threats. One ...

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