With Jokowi likely scoring another term in Indonesia, the bilateral relationship’s direction balances on Australia’s pending polls.

The program’s true success will come when wider Australia society begins to feel a greater affinity with Asia.

Alex Joske explains the context of the Australian government's actions against Huang Xiangmo.

Drafting a new national security strategy will be a grueling and charged affair, but it's time for an update.

Does the party have the ability to purge its reactionary elements and realign itself as a responsible governing entity?

The ruling party is already paying the price for its party room coup this summer.

The recent controversy about a potential Israel embassy move is exactly the kind of thing the relationship does not need.

The loss in the Wentworth by-election cost the Morrison government its lower house majority.

Canberra simply doesn’t understand the power and pull of urban spaces in the modern economy.

Australia’s revolving door of prime ministers is a symptom of a weakening political system.

The party’s internal meltdown is rooted in the tensions inherent to its liberal and conservative roots.

With polls looming next year, where does the country go from here?

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull barely survives a leadership challenge from within his party.

As global focus turns increasingly to the Indo-Pacific, it’s no time for Australia to retreat into fearful, baseless timidity.

In inner-city Melbourne, an upcoming special election is focused 2,000 km away on a mine in Queensland.

A new report stresses the urgent need for Canberra to review and reform its Seasonal Workers Program.