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.

The government is in freefall over a dual citizenship fiasco.

Will Canberra ditch the British monarchy? The Labor party wants to put it to a vote.

The resignations highlight a disconnect between the country’s constitution and its present reality.

Of all major liberal, multi-party democracies, Australia may be the most exposed to China.

More than 60 years after hosting British nuclear tests, Canberra is extending benefits to veterans who were exposed.

The Coalition government's latest budget depends on some overly optimistic economic forecasts to cut the deficit.

With visa changes and new immigration rules, Canberra is missing an opportunity to attract skilled global workers.

The WA Liberal Party abandoned its pact with the National Party to make a deal with One Nation. It backfired.

Cory Bernardi's defection from the Liberal Party is a significant moment in Australian politics.

A new book chronicles the sensational misdeeds of the Northern Territory's once-dominant Country Liberal Party.