One Nation’s electoral surge raises competing interpretations about Australia’s political trajectory. It may reflect short-term political discontent, temporary protest voting or a deeper realignment ...

In one week, two events shook Australian politics. One left a 60-year-old party volunteer in the hospital. The other saw high schoolers walk out of class to protest a politician — with children as ...

Australians are rightly happy their democracy has avoided the radical, anti-democratic movements sweeping through the United States and Europe. But Australian democracy is not safe from threats. One ...

The attack on Independent MP Helen Haines in Wangaratta has shocked a nation whose politics is normally peaceful even by the standards of mature democracies. A hardworking, decent parliamentarian with ...