It was 1978, the first ever Sydney Mardi Gras, and railway worker and union delegate Wally Cowin was in the crowd.The city's ...

A Queensland senator based in Townsville has accused the Albanese government of undermining the nation’s prosperity by ...

The ABC's 2025 federal election coverage will be the last to feature Antony Green AO in an on-air role, with the chief ...

Since the last election, more than 710,000 people have been added to an electoral roll that is older, more concentrated in certain seats and has more women.

Kids of old-school independents remember their weekends door-knocking, which in the country meant their job was opening gates at the top of long, dusty driveways and waiting, sometimes hours, for dad ...

I sometimes wonder how to make life simpler. I look at the devices, meant to make our lives more convenient, but realise what a slave I’ve become to them. They’re great for efficiency but they are ...

The mining magnate said his new Donald Trump-inspired political party would “Make ... party president Glenn O’Rourke said the Queensland rich lister would help “drain the swamp in Canberra”.

Queensland's Containers for Change scheme became operational in 2018. It set out to return 85 per cent of cans sold in the state, but currently only receives 67.5 per cent. The Queensland ...

From national defence to street lighting, public goods are essential services that are non-rivalrous and non-excludable. But complexities exist.

Hundreds of people were displaced and thousands more impacted, especially in working-class areas, as the result of record ...

After a landslide victory in 2021, Labor remains strongly favoured to retain government. But its popularity while in office has waned.

There is a high probability Cyclone Alfred, currently around 1,000 kilometres offshore, will cross one of the most highly ...