Australia's democratic system is unlike any other on Earth. As a nation, we sort of vaguely understand this, and take a generalised pride in the triennial democracy sausage, and the beige, competent ...

McKinnon has launched the McKinnon Index, the first national tool to track the quality of our democracy and the effectiveness ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as ...

Here are six ways that Australian politics looks very different to how it did when Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister in ...

"The ocean is right there. So a lot of people come up from especially down in Bondi. They come out of the water and come vote. Me, honestly, I could have worn my clothes, but I actually enjoy it. I ...

The index findings show that 66.4 per cent of people in major cities are confident election outcomes are fair, which diminishes to 62.7 per cent in inner regional areas and 52.7 per cent in outer ...

For Greek Australians, the dismissals of George Papandreou and Gough Whitlam reveal how fragile parliamentary democracy ...

Former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui who is wanted by the Chinese city has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed heartfelt gratitude to members of the Australian Parliament for speaking out on democracy, human rights and electoral integrity in Bangladesh, saying ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as ...