Should 16-year-olds vote? As the UK moves to lower the voting age, five experts debate whether Australia should follow.

Australia’s earliest female political aspirants were staunchly independent, setting up a tradition that would remain more ...

Kellie Sloane is pro-development as long as it doesn’t upset her constituents - the well-heeled denizens of Woollahra.

To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. No ...

Ash Ambihaipahar, the high-profile successor to Linda Burney in the Sydney seat of Barton, says her electorate’s namesake and ...

The US president is using tariffs, not just for building domestic manufacturing capacity, but for whatever takes his fancy.

The return of the new parliament will highlight the disaster that was the May 3 election for the Coalition. But it will also ...

Sussan Ley is facing a growing ­Coalition uprising to dump net zero by 2050, with the West ­Australian and Queensland ...

While the final results in Tasmania’s second election in 16 months won’t be known for days, the Liberals are well ahead – but ...

A few weeks ago, the Pacific Daily News reported that Guam’s mayors are requesting more than double the funding the governor ...

Barnaby Joyce and other MPs overshadowed the start of parliament with a fresh revolt over climate change policy.

Sky News host Chris Kenny discusses the hung parliament in Tasmania as Labor attempts to form government. Tasmania has ...