It has been a week where a number of world ‘leaders’ have exceeded even the lowest of expectations. Clearly the lion in this ...

A sharp fall in confidence and rising fuel prices point to a potential downturn, but traditional policy responses risk making ...

Renewed calls to invoke the 25th Amendment have put the spotlight on how it works – and why it may be ill-suited to dealing ...

New research shows immigration is not driving voter anger, yet the Coalition is targeting it anyway – risking further losses ...

An ACT Legislative Assembly committee has strengthened proposed sentencing laws by listening to expert evidence and improving ...

The Middle East conflict reflects competing theocratic mindsets in Iran, Israel and the US, where religious conviction is ...

New insider claims revive long-standing questions about whether US policy in Syria involved working with extremist groups – ...

John Hart is a members of the Emeritus Faculty, US government and politics specialist, Australian National University ...

The High Court has struck down a Victorian law favouring major parties, but the bigger test lies ahead – whether federal ...

Paul Keating says Angus Taylor’s embrace of “values” politics marks a return to racism, abandoning the Liberal Party’s ...

By targeting Pope Leo XIV, Donald Trump has exposed the limits of political power when confronted with a moral authority it ...

The Coalition’s asylum plan repackages familiar measures that have failed before, while sidestepping its role in creating a ...