Labor has managed more cohesion in recent years because its left and right wings have shifted to common ground - partly through its factions.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has abandoned the emissions-reduction component of his signature energy policy, in the latest chapter of a brutal decade-long saga for Australian climate policy.
Many female politicians have had to endure sexist abuse, from Cheryl Kernot to Julia Gillard to Sarah Hanson-Young. And it is not a matter that should simply be brushed aside.
Australia’s proposed redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse is more complex, bigger, and includes more sites than any other.
Even with the most favourable laws, unions will still need to confront the reality of a dramatic transformation in the world of work.
A new survey asking Australians to rank the most significant events in their lifetimes show that same-sex marriage, September 11 and the apology to the Stolen Generations matter most.
It is ten years since the 2007 election that swept Kevin Rudd into office. But if Kim Beazley had become PM instead, we might have avoided the constant instability and dysfunction we see today.
Total government spending has increased over time. But the pressure on the budget under a Turnbull government is more acute now than ever before, because spending is outpacing revenue.
The latest reflection on just how appalling things are in federal politics came this week from former Treasury head Ken Henry.
The way times have changed is exemplified in the frequency of party coups against sitting prime ministers.
Women remain systemically underrepresented at the top levels of Australia’s most powerful institutions – including the media, universities, government, judiciary and corporate sector.
Malcolm Turnbull has said coal will be important for “many decades to come” – joining a long line of prime ministers who talked big on climate policy but found themselves talking up fossil fuels.
A new database that shows the use of gendered words in major Australian newspapers tells us much about whose voices are being heard.
Four years after her famous ‘misogyny speech’ attacking Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard reflected this week on her experience as a woman at the top.
Is Malcolm Turnbull at risk of finding himself in a similar situation to Julia Gillard, with a disillusioned public settling into a negative view that transcends achievements of the moment?
Political reporter Karen Middleton is releasing a book about the life and career of Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese. At its heart is a deeply personal story of Albanese's absent father.
Hillary Clinton’s political success has been partially due to a willingness to conform to certain journalistic expectations about gender.
What impact can offensive language have? Is it really a case of ‘political correctness gone mad’?
Minority governments can successfully prosecute their policy agendas even while being destabilised.
There is nothing in the Constitution to deal with the situation in which neither side can form a majority government.
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