Reset executive producer Dan Tucker traveled to Australia to study its voting and political systems. Here are the takeaways ...

Australians have been required by law to vote for 100 years. Compulsory voting, as it's called, has led to astoundingly high ...

Peter Hannam Australia’s unemployment rate in August came in at 4.2%, unchanged from July, and in line with forecasts, ...

Australia will push for tougher protection for aid workers following the death of Melbourne woman Zomi Frankcom, who died in ...

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Not even a PM as pugilistic as Tony Abbott could dispense with a legislated Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The newly established NZEA will have the same protection and show investors the ...

Former treasurer and prime minister Paul Keating had many good lines. But my favourite is this: good policy is good politics.

Prosecutors say a suspect detained in Australia provided information that led to a Butte man's arrest on child sex charges.

Central bankers strive to be above politics and tend to be wary of legislative changes to their role. Politicians, by ...

Bill Thompson's fight to stop offshore wind farms was once confined to the tiny U.S. state of Rhode Island where he lives. Today, he is part of a global movement.

Muslim groups have formed to promote candidates or target sitting Labor MPs in the next federal election. Read more at ...