Politics & Economy

The Western Australian election has been a tough contest for Labor. Political commentators say that the major parties ran on...

Thailand’s political battle between pro-government supporters and the people’s alliance for democracy has taken a violent turn after a clash...

Responding to pressure from Indigenous and human rights groups the Rudd government has passed legislation that amends some asptects of...

Earlier this week it looked as though the tenuous agreement between Robert Mugabe and the Movement for Democratic Change may...

Hilary Clinton has told the Democratic Convention in no uncertain terms that she is fully behind Presidential candidate Barack Obama,...

The boundaries of political expression in Singapore are shifting, gradually at least. The nation’s mainstream media is directly or indirectly...

In addition to military action on the ground, the war on words between Russia, Georgia and NATO members is stepping...

Director of the Community Alcohol Action Network at the Australian Drug Foundation, Geoff Munro, says the Government’s 70 per cent...

The 39th Pacific Islands Forum kicked off today on the tiny island state of Niue near Tonga but without its...

A fresh wave of bloody violence has hit the troubled southern Philippines region of Mindanao. It comes after the collapse...