Politics & Economy

Monday night’s Four Corners program aired allegations that East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri hired death squads to hunt down...

A bill called the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures Bill) is set to be passed this...

The Commonwealth government this week exercised its power over the ACT, intervening under the territory’s Self-Government Act. It moved to...

Despite record spending, and a predicted surplus in Queensland’s 2006-07 Budget, the government has come under fire, with claims the...

Claims in the past week that neighbouring Papua New Guinea could too become a so-called failed state have been met...

A positive step towards finding a solution in East Timor was made today with the announcement that Ramos Horta would...

Iran has been making the west nervous recently with their nuclear ambitions. In April they announced they had the technology...

Just months out from a likely state election, the Queensland National and Liberal parties say they’ve put past difference aside...

The NSW Iemma Government has received praise from all sides for its new funding package for disability services. The State...

When Prime Minister Thaksit Chinawat bowed out of politics into exile two months ago, many Thai people were sceptical of...