A recent survey highlighted that less than a third of the Australian population believe that “people in government can be trusted.” Australia is perceived as a country weathering the current global ...

"The ocean is right there. So a lot of people come up from especially down in Bondi. They come out of the water and come vote. Me, honestly, I could have worn my clothes, but I actually enjoy it. I ...

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Across the world, democracies are grappling with a widening gap between citizens and those who govern. Australia is no exception. Increasingly, people feel politics is something done to them, not with ...

SYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - Australians fired up barbecues and wore tight-fit swim trunks called "budgy smugglers" to voting centres as they welcomed election day on Saturday with some unique and quirky ...

MPs need to represent the people better and foster a greater sense of inclusion to safeguard democracy, which is under strain ...

The market economy made us comparatively rich, subject to increasing regulation and taxation, which both hindered and helped.

Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australians fired up barbecues and wore tight-fit swim trunks called "budgy smugglers" to voting centres as they welcomed election day on Saturday with some unique and quirky ...

Chinese student numbers are rising at Australian universities – possibly because they’re deterred by US immigration controls ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as ...

An RFID-enabled interactive exhibition is putting Australia’s democratic history in the hands of students at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD). The system allows groups of students equipped ...