BY the time these words are read, Australia will have had a national election. The conflict within the Australian Labor Party has been a dominant factor in the electoral campaign and will affect the result. What is the background of this Party crisis? What is the clash of ideas, particularly in the field of international affairs, which gives it interest and importance far beyond the limits of ...

Polling ahead of the count this Saturday shows the island state will likely go from one hung parliament to another.

The party currently in power is the Australian Labor Party (ALP, or Labor), a center-left party led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. They have been in power since May 2022, at which time they defeated the Coalition (a coalition between the center-right Liberals and the further right Nationals), and gained power for the first time in a decade.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Labor Party is heading for a clear victory in Saturday's general election, according to media projections. A win would make the 62-year-old the first ...

Anthony Albanese has been re-elected as Australian prime minister, in a landslide victory for the centre-left Labor party. Peter Dutton, leader of the Liberal-National Coalition, conceded defeat ...

A1: The landslide victory for Labor and wipe out for the Liberal Party of Australia will affect both parties—and the direction of the Australian government. The Liberal Party is heading into the political wilderness, having lost not only an election, but also multiple seats once considered secure—including that of Liberal Party leader Peter ...

Was 1975 really unprecedented? Legal experts recall earlier sackings that didn’t make it into the books -- or the national memory.

Early voting in the Australian election began on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor party holding a slim lead over the conservative opposition coalition.

Labor Party’s Policy Position Backsliding. During the federal election, ... In its response to Human Rights Watch’s letter on April 21, 2025, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) wrote:

Anthony Albanese is set to become the first Australian prime minister in 21 years to lead a political party to two consecutive election victories, based on early vote counting.. The last was John ...