When it comes to transparency and regulation, Australia has the democratic world’s worst system of campaign finance.
Who are the best three pollies Xenophon has seen up close? What is his philosophy about political compromise? What is his favourite political stunt?
In Australia's poorest state, Labor represents a default setting that voters gravitate back to after their infrequent acts of rebellion.
As debate continues at every level of government in the lead-up to Australia Day, we revisit the City of Fremantle. Some aren't convinced that change, when it comes, will begin with politicians.
For Victorian Labor, the spruiking for Apple is naked desperation in the absence of any real solutions to a thinning and precarious economic base.
While his grassroots charm belies a calculating political tactician, Nick Xenophon is riding the same anti-establishment wave that swept Donald Trump into office.
The Seven Network giving airtime to far-right extremists makes the job of security agencies more difficult, at a time of a growing threat from neo-Nazi groups.
With state elections in Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria, 2018 is shaping up to be a wild ride for poll watchers.
Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle relied on a network of influential media and PR personalities to secure his mayoralty. Now, it seems, not even they can save him.
A recent report published in the International Journal of Environmental Studies has found that circulatory and respiratory diseases in Darling Downs communities have skyrocketed since the arrival coal seam gas mining, and points to significant failures in regulation.