Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to the CEO of the Grattan Institute Dr Aruna Sathanapally and economics editor Patrick Commins about this week’s politics and policy debates over new datacentres, W ...

Where once a byelection for a state seat would have attracted little national attention, the remaking of the Australian political landscape in recent months has given such contests greater ...

Australia was built on the idea that states should compete against each other – but they’re not, and that’s failing us all.

New research suggests Australian influencers are increasingly positioning themselves as political newsmakers despite ...

Confusion and politics aside, Australia can’t pretend to be removed from the world – and the millions of people in need of sanctuary ...

Australians today are more multicultural and secular, and less likely to have children, than in the 1940s when the Liberal ...

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 ...

Canberra wants clean energy, local training and a bigger share of the AI economy.

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 ...

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 ...

Novak Djokovic gives his side of the controversial Australian saga ...