With the next parliament, like this one, expected to have a large crossbench, present polling is pointing towards a minority ...

The opposition leader has announced a range of spending cuts and new measures, with Australians expected to go to the polls ...

The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

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A district council in England has passed a motion to grant its local river the rights to flow freely, to be free from ...

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Georgian legislation directly mirrors a contentious law Russia passed more than a decade ago to stifle dissent and quash the ...

After months of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dissolved parliament and called a federal election for May 3 ...

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The surge of successful independent MPs at the 2022 election shows no sign of changing – and in fact may grow more powerful ...