On the back of Labor’s campaign launch on Sunday, the party waged a scare campaign against the Coalition’s plans for Medicare. Michelle Grattan tells University of Canberra acting vice-chancellor Professor Frances Shannon the scare campaign has reverberated through the whole week.

“What Labor strategists say is that many voters...

Currently religious organisations receive tax-exempt status because advancing religion is presumed to be of public benefit within the Charities Act 2013… Religious organisations are also exempt from standard accounting and record-keeping obligations. – Australian Sex Party website, June 2016.

The Australian Sex Party is fielding...

When we talk about young people and politics, it’s usually to discuss young people’s supposed disengagement with formal politics.

However, young people are more disenchanted – rather than apathetic – by current political behaviour. This disenchantment often manifests in non-enrolment, non-alignment with parties,...