The year 2025 marks 42 years since my arrival in Australia as a refugee from Cambodia. I am a survivor of multiple violent ...

Is Australian Democracy in Decline? With a federal election just a few weeks away, it’s time to put Australia’s system and political flaws into context.

The Strengthening Australian Democracy report released by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil this week provides a sophisticated diagnosis of the challenges facing democratic governance around ...

Celebrate the principles at the heart of Australia’s democracy with a day of discovery, reflection, and fun for all ages! Curious about how democracy works? Join us for activities and tours designed ...

There is a wonderful moment early in Judith Brett’s magnificent From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting. The year is 1843 and Australia’s first ...

Threats to democracy seen in the U.S. are a global issue, but differences in the media and political systems limit their impact in Australia — for now. Once again the former Australian prime ...

How did Democracy evolve in Australia? In his regular Australian History spot Trevor Chappell discussed this with Michael Richards, Manager of Research at the Museum of Australian Democracy ...

Fourth, Australia should support a civil society democracy summit for activists in the region. We’ve seen the high-profile, US-led Summit for Democracy 2023 in recent days.

The house in question is Australia’s democracy, which we learned over the past week was set alight in an inside job carried out by the former prime minister, Scott Morrison.

Workplace democracy is declining, but the idea that this is the fault solely of unions or employers is misguided. Widespread reform is needed.

Two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been granted asylum in the U.K. and Australia over the weekend, representing rare acknowledgments of persecution under the city’s national security law.

From the different types of democracy to the history, here's everything you need to know to answer the questions 'what is democracy'.