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Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

Institute of Public Affairs Director of Research Morgan Begg discusses the disconnect between politicians and those outside ...

With sections on our parliament, our government and the Constitution, the book aims to delve deeper into all aspect of ...

Australian voters have never been allowed to vote on — or hear a proper debate about — the disastrous AUKUS pact.

As we approach another Federal election, which I believe to be my 25th as a voter, this proud Old Bushy finds himself asking ...

Kostas Tziras' novel 'Η Δημοκρατία, η Σιωπή και ο Φασισμός' (Democracy, Silence, and Fascism) has officially arrived in ...

It will strengthen Australian democracy by ensuring Asian Australian communities are part of the national conversation and policymaking on the consequential issues shaping Australia’s relations with ...

Talk of Australian peacekeepers in Ukraine is “welcome”, the country’s envoy in Canberra says amid crumbling US support for ...