In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

Australian Labor Party (ALP) senator Doug Cameron summed up his eleven-year senate career with characteristic candor. “It all comes down to one thing: socialism,” he said. Cameron’s words — and the ...

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia's future by investing in training, with new data showing there have been more than 3,700 ...

As the 2025 federal election approaches, news.com.au brings you the latest political updates on the Australian Labor Party and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

A swing of 9.8 per cent against the sitting government has triggered concern for the federal Australian Labor Party, according to the Herald Sun. The loss of support for Victorian Labor in its ...

From April 1, foreign investors will be banned from buying established property. The policy includes an exemption for ...

What do the weekend byelection results in Victoria tell us about Peter Dutton’s prospects in one of Labor’s strongest states?

Labor will impose a two-year ban on the purchase of existing Australian homes by foreign investors, mirroring a Coalition ...

The Labor Party had refused to run a candidate in the Prahran by-election. I felt this was cowardly, left many voters effectively disenfranchised and would gift the seat back to the Greens.

The new election-spending limit for a political party is $90 million, but it’s just $800,000 for a single MP. Might ...

Labor appears set to retain the Victorian seat of Werribee, despite a significant decline in voter support in its traditional stronghold in Saturday’s by-election.

You can say what you like about Australians in the polling booth - but at least they are fair. Case in point: PMs who break election promises are distrusted by voters regardless of which major party ...