Politics & Economy

Political commentator Bernard Keane says its unlikely to be the last time the government steps in to support the car...

THE powerbrokers of Australian politics met a delegation of South Australians, including irrigators and fishermen, in Canberra today. It was...

East Timor’s president Jose Ramos Horta has conceded defeat in the country’s presidential elections. It’s not clear yet who will...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the creation of a Small Business Commissioner whose office she promises will be a...

The electioneering in Queensland has gone up a gear with only two weeks left before polling day. So far much...

Treasurer Wayne Swan has spent several days this week energetically defending his attack on mining magnates like Clive Palmer and...

It’s Super Tuesday – the day when ten states across America vote for the Republican candidate they want to go...

Workers have continued to strike in their thousands across China in the last few months, partly in response to a...

Australia is one of nine countries heads down in talks over a proposed Trans-Pacific trade deal at a meeting in...

In a press conference today, ALP Treasurer Wayne Swan called large mining corporations “champions of privilege,” in part referring to...