Inspired by his UK counterpart, the new Greens leader will likely lean into left-wing populism over the pragmatism of his predecessor.
- Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
The Secret Harbour byelection will take place on August 29. Traditionally a Labor seat, One Nation is posing a serious threat.
The party may never happen - but independents do face genuine financial barriers.
With Max Chandler-Mather at the helm, the Green Institute is being relaunched. All the major parties have these thinktanks, but their democratic benefit isn’t clear.
Labor won the election, but how did your state vote? Here’s the breakdown of the key seats nationally.
With polling day just around the corner, six experts analyse the political movements across the country, and what it might mean electorally.
The Greens will be defending a record four lower house seats at the election. Here are their chances in another five seats they are targeting across the country.
We’re more than halfway through the march to polling day and politicians are zig-zagging across the country. Here’s what’s happening in each state.
In what’s sure to be a closely fought election, every vote counts, but some seats will see particularly tight races. Which ones are most at play?
As expected, Labor lost ground from its extraordinary result in 2021, but those votes did not necessarily go to the Liberals.
The main parties are racking up a long and expensive list of policy promises. And the culture wars cometh.
After a landslide victory in 2021, Labor remains strongly favoured to retain government. But its popularity while in office has waned.
The Greens have not had a stellar year electorally, and their leader is ranked as one of the least likeable. The party might need a change of approach ahead of the 2025 federal election.
Experts and undecided voters from pubs across the country awarded the debate to Albanese, in what was a much more civil contest than the previous debate.
Although the political context is more amenable to the Greens’ message than ever before, it may not translate into a dramatically improved vote.
It is not just Joyce’s past behaviour that is a problem - it is the chronic under-representation of women in parliament. And this may come back to bite the Coalition.
The much-heralded success of the national cabinet is more related to the extraordinary circumstance in which it operates than its revolutionary design.
Yes, there has been friction over social distancing restrictions and the Ruby Princess debacle, but our federal system of government has actually worked very well during the crisis.
The Greens’ fortunes have fed off Labor’s performance: a weakened Labor means more support for the Greens. But this election the party is more likely to maintain its parliamentary presence.
The Victorian state election presents opportunities and risks for the Greens – including whether they can transition from being a protest party to a major party.
Both major parties have declared they will not form minority government in Tasmania – talk that should be taken seriously, but not literally.
Should defeated party leaders stay in parliament? Former Western Australian premier Colin Barnett is an interesting case in point.
For all concerned, the imbroglio surrounding Lee Rhiannon and her Greens colleagues turns on a fundamental disagreement over process and principle.
The controversial preference deal with the Liberals, and a disastrous campaign, saw One Nation perform worse than expected in Western Australia.
While the Liberals’ decision to preference One Nation on how-to-vote cards might be expedient in the short term, it could seriously cost them if they are returned to power.
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