There are many reasons voters have backed micro-party candidates at the federal level. But will these hold up at the state level?
Governments assume giving public spaces like the Opera House and Federation Square to commercial interests will not harm them. It will.
Our sites of power and authority — the parliaments, courts and cathedrals — remain, while vast amounts of what made up the best parts of people's lives vanish without trace.
Daniel Andrews says he is proud to run Australia's most progressive state -- but how does that rhetoric stack up?
The collapse of the Liberal Party vote in the NSW state seat of Wagga illustrates how the federal Liberals' leadership madness could destroy a well-performing but poorly led NSW government.
After One Nation HQ pulled the plug on the party's run at this year's Victorian state election, prominent party member Pat Loy decided to rescind her life membership.
In a desperate move, the Victorian Liberals are calling for Federation Square to stay out of the hands of Apple.
All Victorian institutions, businesses and individuals now have legal obligations to hand over Aboriginal ancestral remains.
Why do we have to fight these battles over and over? Why must companies and governments continue to destroy our public treasures?
The Victorian Liberals are raising the ire of their members by denying rank-and-file members a vote on preselections, and they're not the only party doing it.