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Australia politics
![Is Australia’s Liberal Party in Terminal Decline? Is Australia’s Liberal Party in Terminal Decline?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-30-125455.jpg)
Is Australia’s Liberal Party in Terminal Decline?
By Grant Wyeth
What saves political parties is their ability to adapt, but the aggressive populism that has saved conservative parties elsewhere has limited appeal in Australia.
![Detangling Semantics: Has Australia Really Been ‘Hawkish’ on China? Detangling Semantics: Has Australia Really Been ‘Hawkish’ on China?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-29-062519.jpg)
Detangling Semantics: Has Australia Really Been ‘Hawkish’ on China?
By Grant Wyeth
To resist bullying is only “hawkish” if you sympathize with the bullies.
![The Power of Australia’s Pleasantly Boring Politics The Power of Australia’s Pleasantly Boring Politics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-18-145013.jpg)
The Power of Australia’s Pleasantly Boring Politics
By Grant Wyeth
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.
![Australian PM Defends Ban on Parliament Due to Royal’s Death Australian PM Defends Ban on Parliament Due to Royal’s Death](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-09-12-151816.jpg)
Australian PM Defends Ban on Parliament Due to Royal’s Death
By Rod McGuirk
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.
![With Secret Self-Appointments, Morrison Torched Australia’s Democracy With Secret Self-Appointments, Morrison Torched Australia’s Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-09-5.jpg)
With Secret Self-Appointments, Morrison Torched Australia’s Democracy
By Patricia O’Brien
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.
![Former Australia PM Says Secret Powers Were Needed in Crisis Former Australia PM Says Secret Powers Were Needed in Crisis](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-08-17-164858.jpg)
Former Australia PM Says Secret Powers Were Needed in Crisis
By Associated Press
While serving as prime minister, Scott Morrison also secretly appointed himself to five ministerial roles – without telling even the existing ministers.
![Why Fixing Australia’s Housing Crisis Should Be a National Priority Why Fixing Australia’s Housing Crisis Should Be a National Priority](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-08-15-114857.jpg)
Why Fixing Australia’s Housing Crisis Should Be a National Priority
By Grant Wyeth
Sydney has the second least affordable housing market in the world, and it’s not much better elsewhere in the country.
![Queensland: A Political Conundrum Queensland: A Political Conundrum](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-07-12-125751.jpg)
Queensland: A Political Conundrum
By Grant Wyeth
What explains Queensland's unique -- and divergent -- political choices at the state and federal levels?
![The Real Power of Preferential Voting in Australia The Real Power of Preferential Voting in Australia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-31-144333.jpg)
The Real Power of Preferential Voting in Australia
By Grant Wyeth
Preferential voting has been harnessed effectively to create a change that invested actors – in major political parties and the media – find disconcerting.
![Australian Prime Minister Calls Election for May 21 Australian Prime Minister Calls Election for May 21](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-07-6.jpg)
Australian Prime Minister Calls Election for May 21
By Rod McGuirk
Morrison's Liberal Party-led coalition is behind in most opinion polls, but many analysts predict a tight result.
![Australia Beyond the Language of Luck Australia Beyond the Language of Luck](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-29.jpg)
Australia Beyond the Language of Luck
By Grant Wyeth
Cultural sophistication and economic complexity need to be understood as intrinsically linked. It’s time for Australia to take language learning more seriously.
![Morrison Failed Australians on Climate. Will It Cost Him the Next Election? Morrison Failed Australians on Climate. Will It Cost Him the Next Election?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-02-8.jpg)
Morrison Failed Australians on Climate. Will It Cost Him the Next Election?
By Joshua Mcdonald
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.