The ferocity of political debate and the language used by politicians in Australia has been in the spotlight ever since the shocking attack on Helen Haines last week. The independent member for Indi ...

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In one of the saddest and most horrific weeks in Australian politics I can remember, let’s start with the good news and the ...

Australia's Parliament has resumed with enhanced security and paid tribute to a member who was injured last week in an ...

Voters have a lot of negative feedback in this month’s Guardian Essential poll. Political reporter Josh Butler speaks with Essential Media chair Peter Lewis about the problems with Labor’s policy narr ...

It’s a spectacle known as Senate estimates, in which members of Australia’s upper house grill senior public servants from ...

Australian history has been relatively free of political violence. But there have nonetheless been some shocking incidents ...

A political party has applied to rebrand itself as Reform Australia but its leader insists it is not connected to UK politician Nigel Farage's similarly named Reform UK. The Australian Federation ...

The election of Donald Trump to serve another term as president of the United States is sending most countries scrambling to understand the implications for their foreign policies. With Australia’s ...

Since the 2025 federal election, poll after poll has shown surging support for right-wing populist party One Nation. The party, and its leader Pauline Hanson, have been on the Australian political ...

Over 35 human rights organizations on Friday issued an open letter, addressed to the leaders of Australia’s three major political parties, urging them to foster a “civil and respectful discourse” on ...

As the announcement of an Australian federal election looms, the Labor government and opposition Liberal-National Coalition have been trading blows over the presence of three Chinese warships in ...