Politics & Economy

Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey’ has told a group of policymakers in the UK that Western governments are crippling their own...

Today the Toyota Manufacturing plant in Altona,Victoria began to lay off 350 of its employees. Union representatives are disappointed by...

Christine Milne has been passed the baton of the Greens leadership from Bob brown. She’s hit the ground running, and...

In a shock move, Greens leader and Tasmanian Senator Bob Brown today announced his retirement from the party and the...

The heads of Australia’s states and territories converged on Canberra this Friday for another meeting of the Council of Australian...

Egypt’s revolution saw the country’s military regime fall, and the country’s president Hosni Mubarak put on trial. But now Mubarak’s...

China and Australia have agreed to step up co-operation on infrastructure projects, in a move signals a desire to move...

A report released today takes a fresh look at the mining debate, by asking not whether Australia’s mining boom is...

Many of Australia’s politicians started out in University politics or the Youth arms of our two major parties. But what...

After suppressing political freedom for decades in Burma, the military is continuing to phase in democracy this weekend with by-elections...