With the Australian federal election a week away, for those interested in the democratic shifts that are taking place in the country, the overall result of the election may be less intriguing than the ...

As flag-bearing Australians marched through cities across the country chanting against mass immigration, some saw it as a sign the far-right movement was gaining traction. But aspiring far-right ...

Last month, Foreign Minister Penny Wong delivered a keynote address at the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) Gala Dinner. She presented what she described as Australia’s foreign ...

Liberal frontbencher Julian Leeser has a lot on his plate. As shadow education minister, he’s managing the opposition’s response to the government’s overhaul of universities, a vital sector he says is ...

The most striking example of performance politics in Joshua Black’s entertaining book comes when an audience member at a 2010 taping of the now-defunct ABC show Q&A throws a shoe at former prime ...