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With the results now hours away, much attention will also be on the performance of One Nation.
The Supreme Court ruling to dissolve Cambodia’s opposition party further suppresses democracy in the kingdom.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Nicholas Klomp about the week in Australian politics.
Now, the service chiefs argue that LGBTI inclusion expands the force’s diversity, bringing different life experiences, and thus increase the ADF’s capabilities.
It is time for fundamentalist Christians to examine their own theology and face up to how it has contributed to the abuse of women, intentionally or otherwise.
What on earth was Julie Bishop thinking when she declared she’d support a ‘formal investigation’ into this week’s damaging cabinet leak?
Australia’s foreign policy white paper acknowledges a disrupted global security environment in which power relationships are shifting.
The closest idea to an actual plan in the white paper seems to be to double-down on the US relationship, and trust that the Trump administration is a blip.
As foreign Islamic State fighters return home, there needs to be proper prosecution of sexual violence in armed conflict.
Former commander of the Bosnian Serb army Ratko Mladic has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Survivors of the atrocities have today welcomed the long-awaited news.
Malcolm Turnbull’s cancellation of next week’s House of Representatives sitting has been received sceptically by Queensland ‘soft’ voters, but they still prefer him over Bill Shorten.
Psychological abuse of intimate partners is a public health problem, and is not well-regulated by the law.
The majority of same-sex weddings between overseas couples conducted in New Zealand have been between Australian couples unable to marry at home.
Malcolm Turnbull’s tactic of cancelling the House of Representatives’ sitting next week is a short-sighted decision that smacks of lack of nerve.
Former tennis star Jelena Dokic’s story of disturbing abuse suffered at the hands of her father raises alarm bells about children in elite sports.
If the predicted strong preferences from One Nation to the LNP occur at the Queensland election, it would be bad news not just for state Labor, but also federal Labor.
Emotional and economic abuse in relationships are often intertwined as people who insult and shame their partners will also try to control their income and assets.
What’s still missing in the religious freedoms debate is any clarity around what people think they won’t be able to do, or where the existing laws are likely to fail to protect them.
The polls are showing a close contest in the Bennelong byelection between the Liberals’ John Alexander and Labor’s Kristina Keneally.
The Don Dale royal commission’s capacity to make lasting change lies with the government implementing its recommendations.
Michelle Grattan and Nick Klomp discuss the week in politics.
There are about 400-600 people in the now-defunct regional processing centre refusing to move to recently built transit centres in Lorengau – but these numbers shift daily.
Some people may think it’s the duty of their MP to vote in the way they do. But political theory shows this doesn’t work.
As Orwell knew only too well, if the concept of objective truth is moved into the dustbin of history there can be no lies. And if there are no lies there can be no justice, no rights and no wrongs.