While there have been moves to making voting optional in Australia, voters have consistently expressed their support for it being compulsory.
Why have successive Australian governments found it so difficult to truly embrace the country’s potential to become a clean energy superpower?
Politicians have cynically used metaphor to imply meaning through language.
It appears to have become more prevalent, visible, and possibly also more politicised in post-pandemic times, as general trust in governments and mainstream media declines.
As the Voice to Parliament referendum draws closer, it’s worth noting the main regulations relating to matters such as advertising, authorisation, and financial disclosure.
Parliament missed an opportunity to ban misinformation and disinformation during the referendum campaign.
This week on Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, a live panel of experts in Australian politics and gender discuss the issues around gender equality and women's safety.
Love him or hate him – and there are plenty in each camp – Daniel Andrews has become one of the most significant state premiers in modern history. This month, he may win yet another term.
An analysis of 82 million words has revealed that the relative attention Australia’s news and opinion pieces gave to First Nations peoples began to grow steadily from about 2005, with a huge peak in 2007.
Creating opportunities for all women and addressing unsafe political culture is critical to increasing migrant women’s political engagement in Australia.
Not everyone will be happy with the Australian Republican Movement’s new model, but there are key changes worth looking at.
The opposition leader isn’t as disliked as his predecessors, but voters also don’t have a clear sense of who he is and what he offers.
A senate hearing has produced yet more damning evidence about the ‘car park rorts’ affair.
Governments will rely on taxation to repair the fiscal damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that will likely mean a GST rise, even if there are better, but politically unpalatable, alternatives.
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the vital role political journalists play in holding those in power to account.
The presidential election has become, at best, a secondary focus for the American media, yet the train rolls on.
Examining the similarities and differences between Australian and Brazilian policies towards gender-based violence.
Unmasking the menace of right-wing extremism: “What Happens Next?” explores its impact, advocates for decisive action and calls for diverse voices to counter the rising threat.
Paul Strangio reflects on the ‘immense political legacy’ of his friend and former Victorian premier, John Cain.
Until the two giants change, Twitter's political ad ban will have little effect on elections around the globe.
Is there still such a thing as “the British people” in the singular? The deep divisions on Brexit highlight a case of the revolution eating itself.
If Boris Johnson becomes British PM, the most likely outcome is a no-deal Brexit leavened with the rhetoric of past and future glories of the UK.
Russia's aggression against Ukraine, in full view of the international community, signals a new level of readiness to challenge the world to respond.
The calls for bans on Muslim and, more recently, African immigration aren't supported by the majority of Australians.
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