In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

Liberal and Country parties, each of which was identified with established social classes, economic interests and political ideologies. One example was the Australia Party, which was a forerunner ...

For once, in this parliament, it seemed the government was not just sitting like a hapless duck in the crosshairs of a ...

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The major-party stitch-up on political funding is a spectacular backflip by Labor — one that demonstrates why we need a ...

Simliar changes in Victoria have already become the subject of a High Court complaint, a constitutional expert says.

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Independent MPs have argued the proposed changes to cap donations will entrench the major parties’ political dominance. So a ...

Teal MP Kate Chaney, who led negotiations on behalf of the crossbench, urged Australians to use their vote to punish the major parties for what the well-funded group of teal MPs, Greens and ...

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