You might have thought what we've seen from the giant toothbrush-wielding Adam Bandt has been election campaigning. But you'd be wrong.

The treasurer has seen up close how a government can be fiscally disciplined but still maintain a prosperous economy. Too bad he didn't learn the lesson.

It wouldn’t be an Australian election without a bit of media hoo-ha about parties ‘preferencing’ others. But does it actually matter?

Candidates dance around religion for Easter, Colin Boyce's oddly specific pork-barrelling, and Dan Repacholi doesn't mince his words.

New RBA inflation data will be one of the last big bits of news before Australia votes on Saturday, and One Nation's chances are getting a lot of last-minute attention.

Neo-Nazis booing Uncle Mark Brown’s Welcome to Country at an Anzac Day service was not an aberration, but a symptom of a deeper sickness.

I’m not saying Labor is likely to be the great saviour of the free press either. The ALP has been slow to act on a range of important press freedom issues, including continuing to charge journalism ...

The opposition leader rightly says we need to learn how to disagree better. Dutton's long history of disagreeing with people provides plenty of handy hints for how to do it.

The opposition leader rightly says we need to learn how to disagree better. Luckily his political history features plenty of guidance on how.