Politics & Economy

Regular Canberra press gallery correspondent Bernard Keane discusses Senator John Faulkner’s criticism of the Labor party, Julia Gillards recent dive...

Amid increased uproar over allegations of sexual assault against fallen head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, women protests...

Four months following the people’s overthrow of Egypt President Mubarak, a military regime has taken over, replete with arbitrary arrests,...

Labor MP, Michael Danby has criticised the Sydney Peace Prize, calling it a “bodgy prize from a bodgy institute.” Controversial...

Pro-democracy protestors across Yemen are celebrating the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled over them for 33...

Australia’s lowest paid workers will get a helping hand, with Fair Work Australia raising minimum wage by three point four...

The tobacco industry is not backing down in its fight against the government’s plain packaging plans. Don’t let the tax...

Regular Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane descibes the the scene in the House this week as ‘shambolic’ with independent MP Rob...

The question on everyone’s lips is how we will we afford the carbon tax, especially if the figures floating around...

Senator Scott Ludlam has told The Wire that a price on carbon won’t save us from peak oil, even though...