The former may of Greater Manchester’s rise raises questions about the changing dynamics of political parties and leadership in an accelerated political climate.
- Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
The party may never happen - but independents do face genuine financial barriers.
It’s highly likely the One Nation insurgency is here to stay.
While the Malinauskas government is expected to easily be returned to power, there will be much interest in the right-of-centre parties’ performance.
After a series of missteps and about-faces, British prime minister Keir Starmer’s popularity has tanked, and his leadership may not last much longer.
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.
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?
The Conservatives have run out of steam. Should Labour win – and it’s highly likely it will – the task facing a Starmer government will be stern and far-reaching.
After years of tumult in the ruling Conservative party, Labour looks set to take office. But it is no sure bet, and could be off the back of a large scale disaffection from the wider public.
The pandemic has helped fuel a resurgence of social democratic parties
In the first week of the campaign we journeyed around the country with a team of politics experts. Now we retrace our steps to look at what’s happened since.
Anxious not to be easy targets for their pro-business opponents, labour parties everywhere now run on a ‘thin ideological platform’. Anthony Albanese’s ALP is no exception.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese met in Brisbane for the first debate on the election campaign.
What are the key seats and issues affecting Australians? Six experts tell us what to expect in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales.
With the major parties’ primary votes falling in recent years, preferences matter more than they used to - and they can be messy affairs.
Labor’s strong win was a result of a clever campaign, but also, more broadly, the fracturing of centre-right politics in Australia.
After winning a landslide victory at the last election, the UK prime minister’s political capital is slipping away thanks to his inept handling of the COVID crisis.
The outcome of this week’s general election is far from certain, but whatever happens, the nation’s deep divides are unlikely to be healed.
Across Western nations, the centre-left remains in opposition, with grim prospects for government. Whether this is a blip or its last gasp remains to be seen.
Scott Morrison’s new ministry includes a few new faces and several new roles for familiar cabinet members. Our experts take a closer look at each portfolio.
The Tasmanian seats of Bass and Braddon were always going to be key elements of a Coalition victory – and so it proved to be.
Recent polling suggests the race is tightening. Then again, opinion polling suggested the recent Victorian state election would also be a close affair and it turned out to be a Labor landslide.
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