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As flag-bearing Australians marched through cities across the country chanting against mass immigration, some saw it as a sign the far-right movement was gaining traction. But aspiring far-right ...

Opinion polling shows Australia's two-party political system could become a thing of the past at the next federal election. A survey by polling company DemosAu, answered by 1,502 people between May 15 ...

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When political parties consider potential Indigenous candidates, they often worry about voter backlash. It’s a concern rooted in Australia’s troubling history of racism and the ongoing discrimination ...

On the evening of December 14, 2025, two gunmen opened fire on a crowd of several hundred people celebrating the first night of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia. In six minutes and eleven ...