Politics & Economy

New regulations have come into effect in Fiji severely restricting the activities of unions in the country. The Australian Council...

Regular correspondent from the Canberra Press gallery Bernard Keane discusses the issues making news in the national capital. The Craig...

Amid rumblings from employer groups and hits from Tony Abbott about bringing back individual contracts, unions went on the front...

British Prime Minister David Cameron has launched an inquiry into the allegations of torture and rendition revealed in documents discovered...

As rugby fever grips Auckland, leaders from the Pacific Island Forum are meeting in the New Zealand capital to discuss...

The movement to reform the Constitution to recognize Indigenous Australia is gaining momentum, but there are mixed reactions to the...

As Australia is about to make its first important step towards a zero carbon economy by introducing the carbon tax,...

Unions expressed disappointment today over the government’s refusal to back an inquiry into the ailing manufacturing sector. Some experts are...

The Australian government is being urged to adopt an open approach to resource mining by publicly declaring the pay it...

As Julia Gillard met with union heads and manufacturing industry leaders today in Canberra, economists of all stripes were expressing...