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Centenary Of Parliament Sitting
UN expert urges end to youth repression, demands binding power-sharing for Gen-Z activists
What’s behind the BBC’s funding crisis? An expert explains
Prime Minister and Governor-General responses fail to address substance of concerns over Equality Australia patronage
Greens call to close donation loopholes and get big corporate money out of politics
Audit Committee tables report into 2023-24 and 2024-25 Major Projects Reports
Dennis Shanahan To Deliver Speaker’s Lecture 2026
Five years too late and weaker than the Liberals. Labor’s watered down ‘lobbying’ reforms won’t put out this fire
The Greens have adopted confrontation and self-declared populism. Can they bring voters along with them?
Concerns over mass detentions before and during protests: India
More charges fail as last of the 2024 Newcastle blockade arrestees face court
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IACHR and GHREN stress that human rights are the foundation of democracy, and democracy is the essential condition for free and fair elections: Nicaragua
Critic and art historian speaks on art, architecture and democracy
Recommendations to strengthen integrity and accountability for corruption watchdog backed
Economic Optimism Should Be Treated As Strategic Asset
Ending Waitangi Make-Work Industry
Political hostility grows when people see the other side as fundamentally different
Jenga and the U.S. census: Way more than just counting people
Greens Bill Targets Secret Lobbying and Industry Influence in NSW Politics
Remarks, Australia-Ukraine Meeting
Labor’s Council Rules Struck Down Again
Event Offers Debates In Greek Public Square
Albanese Government must put Australia First and Reject Trump’s Extraordinary Interference
Reduce Money In Politics To Strengthen Our Democracy
Wave of enforced disappearances and deaths in custody reveals repression at the heart of the State, say UN experts: Nicaragua
Indigenous Enrolment Rate Maintains Record High Levels
Winners of the 2026 My First Speech visit the House of Representatives
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Democracy manifests with chance to go behind the scenes at City Hall
Life-changing win for veterans as Labor forced to “scrap the cap”
Life-changing win for veterans as Coalition forces ‘Scrap The Cap’
Türk denounces near-total dismantling of democracy in Nicaragua, detailed in UN Human Rights report
Total dismantling of democracy in Nicaragua: Report
Correction*: JSCEM To Recall Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Greens say universities must stop steamrolling staff and students in AI rush
Townsville’s place in Australian flag history celebrated
JSCEM To Recall Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Labor GAGS Debate On Council Meeting Rules
Greens secure transformative democratic changes for the City of Melbourne
Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia And Wider Meaning Of Suffrage
My First Speech competition 2026 – Winners to deliver speeches at Parliament House
Special Rapporteur urges immediate end to post-election crackdown and release of political detainees: Zambia
Historic vote completes Australia’s VAD journey – but NT law falls short
The brain isn’t hardwired to read – here’s how we pull it off and why some are better at it than others
“A new low”: Monique Ryan launches into ties between neo-Nazis, Plymouth Brethren and the Liberal Party
Support For Australian Journalism Passes Parliament
Harete Hipango-Brownlie: Why The ‘Conservative’ Māori Should Come Out from the Shadows