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Political parties are integral to the Australian political system, yet also largely absent from the Commonwealth Constitution itself. They are not entirely absent: a constitutional amendment in 1977 – secured, as required by law, through a referendum – ensured that a casual vacancy for the Senate would be filled by…

With the election only months away, the Labor government finds itself suddenly battling with the Trump administration for an exemption from new US tariffs on steel and aluminium.

Doctors have warned of health harms for frontline energy workers, local children and the wider community from the coalition's nuclear power plan.

Independents want greater transparency into who is bankrolling political parties, with the origins of almost half of donations a mystery.