Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is ...

The current system allows powerful actors to attempt to influence government decision-making covertly. To improve ...

New research shows Question Time has increasingly focused on the prime minister, raising questions about the ...

Across the world, concern about democratic backsliding – the erosion of democratic institutions and civil liberties – is growing. It has become a live issue even in established systems, where erosion ...

Last week, the head of Australia's election regulator warned the organization "does not possess the legislative tools or internal technical capability to deter, detect or adequately deal with false AI ...

Across the world, democracies are grappling with a widening gap between citizens and those who govern. Australia is no exception. Increasingly, people feel politics is something done to them, not with ...

Sri Lanka’s Luxury Property Boom Is Outrunning Its Regulations It’s almost inevitable that a media professor who migrated from the United States six years ago to live and work in Australia will be ...

Sam Mostyn says there is a widespread ‘failure to understand and engage with’ civic underpinnings of our democracy ...

"The ocean is right there. So a lot of people come up from especially down in Bondi. They come out of the water and come vote. Me, honestly, I could have worn my clothes, but I actually enjoy it. I ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as ...