Jim Chalmers has started his second term as treasurer just like the first one ended: trying to frame the budget on his terms, ...

The overall combined primary vote for Australia’s major parties has continued to decline, opening space for independents to make gains. Australia’s recent federal election produced a commanding win ...

The Australian election result “masks a more sobering political reality: that Albanese and Labor were increasingly unpopular not all that long ago.” Australian voters went to the polls on May 3, in a ...

The Labor Party's landslide victory at the polls in 2025 was shaped by several factors, including a clear advantage on policy issues, the relative popularity of Anthony Albanese and strong support ...

After Canada, where the ruling Liberals secured a fourth consecutive term as the federal government, all eyes are on Australia, which will hold its federal election on Saturday. The ruling Australian ...

Exactly a month ago, I was driving down a long, empty stretch of road in eastern Australia, swerving around kangaroo carcasses and listening on the radio to Prime Minister Julia Gillard give a policy ...

As federal polling day neared on May 3 2025, the ground was silent but the people of Australia stirred, some restless with ...

With the count largely complete for the May 3 Australian federal election, the total vote for the candidates who stood for the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is 15,988 first-preference votes in the ...

On Thursday, the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) held an online public meeting, titled “After the Australian election: The socialist alternative to Labor’s government of war and austerity.” In ...

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