Australia politics

It turns out the protection of liberal democracy doesn't need to be passionate and stirring; it may instead just need to be temperate and competent. 

Albanese wants an Australian president to replace the British monarch as the nation’s head of state. But he has brushed off questions about creating an Australian republic since the queen’s death.

The wider reckoning about Morrison’s misdeeds, and how he came to rise to the heights of power in the first place, is going to be deeply uncomfortable.

While serving as prime minister, Scott Morrison also secretly appointed himself to five ministerial roles – without telling even the existing ministers.

Sydney has the second least affordable housing market in the world, and it’s not much better elsewhere in the country.

What explains Queensland's unique -- and divergent -- political choices at the state and federal levels?

Preferential voting has been harnessed effectively to create a change that invested actors – in major political parties and the media – find disconcerting.

Morrison's Liberal Party-led coalition is behind in most opinion polls, but many analysts predict a tight result.

Cultural sophistication and economic complexity need to be understood as intrinsically linked. It’s time for Australia to take language learning more seriously.

Given disastrous bushfires, floods, and global humiliation on climate policy during Morrison’s tenure, it’s possible Australians will be ready to make a shift.

The Coalition government is highlighting China as a major campaign issue, but in reality the China policies of the Liberal and Labor parties are nearly identical.